CVE-2025-38534

netfs: Fix copy-to-cache so that it performs collection with ceph+fscache

published August 16, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfs: Fix copy-to-cache so that it performs collection with ceph+fscache

The netfs copy-to-cache that is used by Ceph with local caching sets up a

new request to write data just read to the cache. The request is started

and then left to look after itself whilst the app continues. The request

gets notified by the backing fs upon completion of the async DIO write, but

then tries to wake up the app because NETFS_RREQ_OFFLOAD_COLLECTION isn't

set - but the app isn't waiting there, and so the request just hangs.

Fix this by setting NETFS_RREQ_OFFLOAD_COLLECTION which causes the

notification from the backing filesystem to put the collection onto a work

queue instead.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00130 · 2.4th percentile
Published
2025-08-16T11:12Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 AUG 11:12Z
    netfs: Fix copy-to-cache so that it performs collection with ceph+fscache
    cvelistv5