CVE-2025-37950: Linux kernel · ocfs2: fix panic in failed foilio allocation
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 19:22 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 May 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in the Linux kernel as described in the referenced commits. Users should update to a kernel version that includes these fixes to prevent kernel panics related to ocfs2 folio allocation failures.
Description
CVE-2025-37950 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ocfs2 filesystem code that could cause a kernel panic due to improper handling of memory allocation failures in folio arrays. The issue arises when an allocation failure returns an error pointer (-ENOMEM) instead of NULL, leading to a panic when the code attempts to free the folio array. This vulnerability has been fixed by ensuring that error folio entries are set to NULL to prevent the panic.