CVE-2025-39878

Kernel crash via suppressed CephFS encryption errors

Published Sep 23, 2025 · Updated Sep 23, 2025

NULL pointer dereference in the Linux CephFS client allows local users to crash affected kernels during encrypted writeback. move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() clears an error pointer in fs/ceph/addr.c before evaluating PTR_ERR(), so it returns success and leaves NULL entries in the page array. Exploitation requires a local low-privileged user to write through an fscrypt-enabled CephFS mount when encryption allocation fails.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

NULL pointer dereference in the Linux CephFS client allows local users to crash affected kernels during encrypted writeback. move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() clears an error pointer in fs/ceph/addr.c before evaluating PTR_ERR(), so it returns success and leaves NULL entries in the page array. Exploitation requires a local low-privileged user to write through an fscrypt-enabled CephFS mount when encryption allocation fails.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-39878
Published
Sep 23, 2025
Updated
Sep 23, 2025
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
CWE-476, T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.15
  2. Affected versionversion=ce80b76dd32764cc914975777e058d4fae4f0ea0 <249e0a47cdb46bb9eae65511c569044bd8698d7d
  3. Affected versionversion=ce80b76dd32764cc914975777e058d4fae4f0ea0 <dd1616ecbea920d228c56729461ed223cc501425

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=6.15; version=ce80b76dd32764cc914975777e058d4fae4f0ea0 <249e0a47cdb46bb9eae65511c569044bd8698d7d; version=ce80b76dd32764cc914975777e058d4fae4f0ea0 <dd1616ecbea920d228c56729461ed223cc501425

Published CVSS scores

5.5CanonicalCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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