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CVE-2025-38659

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredAug 22, 2025UpdatedJul 30, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: No more self recovery When a node withdraws and it turns out that it is the only node that has the filesystem mounted, gfs2 currently tries to replay the local journal to bring the filesystem back into a consistent state. Not only is that a very bad idea, it has also never worked because gfs2_recover_func() will refuse to do anything during a withdraw. However, before even getting to this point, gfs2_recover_func() dereferences sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_inode. This was a use-after-free before commit 04133b607a78 ("gfs2: Prevent double iput for journal on error") and is a NULL pointer dereference since then. Simply get rid of self recovery to fix that.

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.17%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
35
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 23, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.16% → 0.17% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
37 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 22, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 30, 2026
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7880-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Nov 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 15, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7934-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Feb 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-4: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 18, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-2: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-6: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-1: Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-7: Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-8: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-2: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8126-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Jul 21, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8575-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 21, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8576-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8575-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8576-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8597-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8575-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8610-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Jul 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8620-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 29, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8620-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Jul 31, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8620-3: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Jul 31, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8620-4: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Aug 21, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8668-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Sep 21, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8668-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities