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CVE-2025-22123: Linux kernel · f2fs: fix to avoid accessing uninitialized curseg

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Apr 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should monitor official Linux kernel advisories for updates addressing this issue. Until a fix is applied, avoid workloads that trigger f2fs no free segment faults. The vendor advisory or kernel release notes should be checked for the official fix.

Description

CVE-2025-22123 is a medium severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's f2fs filesystem. It involves accessing an uninitialized curseg structure, which can lead to a kernel panic. The issue arises because f2fs_write_inode() does not check the CP_ERROR_FLAG before accessing curseg->segno, potentially causing invalid memory access and system crashes. The flaw was reported by syzbot and fixed by adding proper flag checks and validation of curseg->segno before use.

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