CVE-2025-38659

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-08-22. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

gfs2: No more self recovery

When a node withdraws and it turns out that it is the only node that has the filesystem mounted, gfs2 currently tries to replay the local journal to bring the filesystem back into a consistent state. Not only is that a very bad idea, it has also never worked because gfs2_recover_func() will refuse to do anything during a withdraw.

However, before even getting to this point, gfs2_recover_func() dereferences sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_inode. This was a use-after-free before commit 04133b607a78 ("gfs2: Prevent double iput for journal on error") and is a NULL pointer dereference since then.

Simply get rid of self recovery to fix that.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5426ffbec971a8f7346a57392d3a901bdee5a9b
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb016c1669002e48c431d6fd32ea1c20ef41756
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c94c7dbddc34d353c83b541b3decabf98d04af
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ebe17b359bead383581f729e43f591c1c36e159
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cf5699a402ee7ae1be53954dc2ae652c0a053c
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6784367b2f3cd7b89103de35764f37f152590dbd
generic

gfs2: No more self recovery - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a91ba12abef628b43cada87478328274d988e88

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-38659(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-36.36) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-6.14 (6.14.0-1016.16) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.14 (6.14.0-1018.18) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.14 (6.14.0-1017.17) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1041.42) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1043.44) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1047.50+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1043.48) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.49.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1044.44) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1023.24) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1046.52) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.52+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-30ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.15.209—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions)——
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 (16 versions)6.1.170-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1~bpo12+16.12.43-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.16~rc7-1~exp1 (62 versions)6.16.3-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(25)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38659?
CVE-2025-38659 is a medium vulnerability published on August 22, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: No more self recovery When a node withdraws and it turns out that it is the only node that has the filesystem mounted, gfs2 currently tries to replay the local journal to bring the filesystem back into a consistent state. Not…
When was CVE-2025-38659 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38659 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38659 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38659 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 93.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38659?
CVE-2025-38659 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38659?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38659, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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