CVE-2025-40179

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40179
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-40179.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-40179
Downstream
Published
2025-11-12T21:56:24.882Z
Modified
2025-11-20T11:23:22.637631Z
Summary
ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big

In principle orphan file can be arbitrarily large. However orphan replay needs to traverse it all and we also pin all its buffers in memory. Thus filesystems with absurdly large orphan files can lead to big amounts of memory consumed. Limit orphan file size to a sane value and also use kvmalloc() for allocating array of block descriptor structures to avoid large order allocations for sane but large orphan files.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
95a21611b14ae0a401720645245a8db16f040995
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
566a1d6084563bd07433025aa23bcea4427de107
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
304fc34ff6fc8261138fd81f119e024ac3a129e9
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
a2d803fab8a6c6a874277cb80156dc114db91921
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
2b9da798ff0f4d026c5f0f815047393ebe7d8859
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
02f310fcf47fa9311d6ba2946a8d19e7d7d11f37
Fixed
0a6ce20c156442a4ce2a404747bb0fb05d54eeb3

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.14
v5.14-rc3
v5.14-rc4
v5.14-rc5
v5.14-rc6
v5.14-rc7
v5.15
v5.15-rc1
v5.15-rc2
v5.15-rc3
v5.15-rc4
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.15.1
v5.15.10
v5.15.100
v5.15.101
v5.15.102
v5.15.103
v5.15.104
v5.15.105
v5.15.106
v5.15.107
v5.15.108
v5.15.109
v5.15.11
v5.15.110
v5.15.111
v5.15.112
v5.15.113
v5.15.114
v5.15.115
v5.15.116
v5.15.117
v5.15.118
v5.15.119
v5.15.12
v5.15.120
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.13
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.14
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.15
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.16
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.162
v5.15.163
v5.15.164
v5.15.165
v5.15.166
v5.15.167
v5.15.168
v5.15.169
v5.15.17
v5.15.170
v5.15.171
v5.15.172
v5.15.173
v5.15.174
v5.15.175
v5.15.176
v5.15.177
v5.15.178
v5.15.179
v5.15.18
v5.15.180
v5.15.181
v5.15.182
v5.15.183
v5.15.184
v5.15.185
v5.15.186
v5.15.187
v5.15.188
v5.15.189
v5.15.19
v5.15.190
v5.15.191
v5.15.192
v5.15.193
v5.15.194
v5.15.2
v5.15.20
v5.15.21
v5.15.22
v5.15.23
v5.15.24
v5.15.25
v5.15.26
v5.15.27
v5.15.28
v5.15.29
v5.15.3
v5.15.30
v5.15.31
v5.15.32
v5.15.33
v5.15.34
v5.15.35
v5.15.36
v5.15.37
v5.15.38
v5.15.39
v5.15.4
v5.15.40
v5.15.41
v5.15.42
v5.15.43
v5.15.44
v5.15.45
v5.15.46
v5.15.47
v5.15.48
v5.15.49
v5.15.5
v5.15.50
v5.15.51
v5.15.52
v5.15.53
v5.15.54
v5.15.55
v5.15.56
v5.15.57
v5.15.58
v5.15.59
v5.15.6
v5.15.60
v5.15.61
v5.15.62
v5.15.63
v5.15.64
v5.15.65
v5.15.66
v5.15.67
v5.15.68
v5.15.69
v5.15.7
v5.15.70
v5.15.71
v5.15.72
v5.15.73
v5.15.74
v5.15.75
v5.15.76
v5.15.77
v5.15.78
v5.15.79
v5.15.8
v5.15.80
v5.15.81
v5.15.82
v5.15.83
v5.15.84
v5.15.85
v5.15.86
v5.15.87
v5.15.88
v5.15.89
v5.15.9
v5.15.90
v5.15.91
v5.15.92
v5.15.93
v5.15.94
v5.15.95
v5.15.96
v5.15.97
v5.15.98
v5.15.99
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.100
v6.1.101
v6.1.102
v6.1.103
v6.1.104
v6.1.105
v6.1.106
v6.1.107
v6.1.108
v6.1.109
v6.1.11
v6.1.110
v6.1.111
v6.1.112
v6.1.113
v6.1.114
v6.1.115
v6.1.116
v6.1.117
v6.1.118
v6.1.119
v6.1.12
v6.1.120
v6.1.121
v6.1.122
v6.1.123
v6.1.124
v6.1.125
v6.1.126
v6.1.127
v6.1.128
v6.1.129
v6.1.13
v6.1.130
v6.1.131
v6.1.132
v6.1.133
v6.1.134
v6.1.135
v6.1.136
v6.1.137
v6.1.138
v6.1.139
v6.1.14
v6.1.140
v6.1.141
v6.1.142
v6.1.143
v6.1.144
v6.1.145
v6.1.146
v6.1.147
v6.1.148
v6.1.149
v6.1.15
v6.1.150
v6.1.151
v6.1.152
v6.1.153
v6.1.154
v6.1.155
v6.1.156
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.29
v6.1.3
v6.1.30
v6.1.31
v6.1.32
v6.1.33
v6.1.34
v6.1.35
v6.1.36
v6.1.37
v6.1.38
v6.1.39
v6.1.4
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.42
v6.1.43
v6.1.44
v6.1.45
v6.1.46
v6.1.47
v6.1.48
v6.1.49
v6.1.5
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.1.54
v6.1.55
v6.1.56
v6.1.57
v6.1.58
v6.1.59
v6.1.6
v6.1.60
v6.1.61
v6.1.62
v6.1.63
v6.1.64
v6.1.65
v6.1.66
v6.1.67
v6.1.68
v6.1.69
v6.1.7
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.8
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.83
v6.1.84
v6.1.85
v6.1.86
v6.1.87
v6.1.88
v6.1.89
v6.1.9
v6.1.90
v6.1.91
v6.1.92
v6.1.93
v6.1.94
v6.1.95
v6.1.96
v6.1.97
v6.1.98
v6.1.99
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.12
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.15
v6.12.16
v6.12.17
v6.12.18
v6.12.19
v6.12.2
v6.12.20
v6.12.21
v6.12.22
v6.12.23
v6.12.24
v6.12.25
v6.12.26
v6.12.27
v6.12.28
v6.12.29
v6.12.3
v6.12.30
v6.12.31
v6.12.32
v6.12.33
v6.12.34
v6.12.35
v6.12.36
v6.12.37
v6.12.38
v6.12.39
v6.12.4
v6.12.40
v6.12.41
v6.12.42
v6.12.43
v6.12.44
v6.12.45
v6.12.46
v6.12.47
v6.12.48
v6.12.49
v6.12.5
v6.12.50
v6.12.51
v6.12.52
v6.12.53
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.14
v6.14-rc1
v6.14-rc2
v6.14-rc3
v6.14-rc4
v6.14-rc5
v6.14-rc6
v6.14-rc7
v6.15
v6.15-rc1
v6.15-rc2
v6.15-rc3
v6.15-rc4
v6.15-rc5
v6.15-rc6
v6.15-rc7
v6.16
v6.16-rc1
v6.16-rc2
v6.16-rc3
v6.16-rc4
v6.16-rc5
v6.16-rc6
v6.16-rc7
v6.17
v6.17-rc1
v6.17-rc2
v6.17-rc3
v6.17-rc4
v6.17-rc5
v6.17-rc6
v6.17-rc7
v6.17.1
v6.17.2
v6.17.3
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.6.1
v6.6.10
v6.6.100
v6.6.101
v6.6.102
v6.6.103
v6.6.104
v6.6.105
v6.6.106
v6.6.107
v6.6.108
v6.6.109
v6.6.11
v6.6.110
v6.6.111
v6.6.112
v6.6.12
v6.6.13
v6.6.14
v6.6.15
v6.6.16
v6.6.17
v6.6.18
v6.6.19
v6.6.2
v6.6.20
v6.6.21
v6.6.22
v6.6.23
v6.6.24
v6.6.25
v6.6.26
v6.6.27
v6.6.28
v6.6.29
v6.6.3
v6.6.30
v6.6.31
v6.6.32
v6.6.33
v6.6.34
v6.6.35
v6.6.36
v6.6.37
v6.6.38
v6.6.39
v6.6.4
v6.6.40
v6.6.41
v6.6.42
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v6.6.44
v6.6.45
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v6.6.47
v6.6.48
v6.6.49
v6.6.5
v6.6.50
v6.6.51
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v6.6.53
v6.6.54
v6.6.55
v6.6.56
v6.6.57
v6.6.58
v6.6.59
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v6.6.61
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v6.6.64
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v6.6.69
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v6.6.84
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v6.6.87
v6.6.88
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v6.6.90
v6.6.91
v6.6.92
v6.6.93
v6.6.94
v6.6.95
v6.6.96
v6.6.97
v6.6.98
v6.6.99
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.15.0
Fixed
5.15.195
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.157
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.54
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.17.4