# CVE-2025-38357: fuse: fix runtime warning on truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals()

> A missing fix in the FUSE filesystem triggers a runtime warning during truncation, potentially causing system instability or denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38357, GHSA-5g77-7644-h27q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38357

## What is CVE-2025-38357?

CVE-2025-38357 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

fuse: fix runtime warning on truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals()

The WARN_ON_ONCE is introduced on truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals() to
capture whether the filesystem has removed all DAX entries or not.

And the fix has been applied on the filesystem xfs and ext4 by the commit
0e2f80afcfa6 ("fs/dax: ensure all pages are idle prior to filesystem
unmount").

Apply the missed fix on filesystem fuse to fix the runtime warning:

[    2.011450] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    2.011873] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 145 at mm/truncate.c:89 truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0x272/0x2b0
[    2.012468] Modules linked in:
[    2.012718] CPU: 0 UID: 1000 PID: 145 Comm: weston Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-WSL2-STABLE #2 PREEMPT(undef)
[    2.013292] RIP: 0010:truncate_folio_batch_exceptionals+0x272/0x2b0
[    2.013704] Code: 48 63 d0 41 29 c5 48 8d 1c d5 00 00 00 00 4e 8d 6c 2a 01 49 c1 e5 03 eb 09 48 83 c3 08 49 39 dd 74 83 41 f6 44 1c 08 01 74 ef <0f> 0b 49 8b 34 1e 48 89 ef e8 10 a2 17 00 eb df 48 8b 7d 00 e8 35
[    2.014845] RSP: 0018:ffffa47ec33f3b10 EFLAGS: 00010202
[    2.015279] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[    2.015884] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffa47ec33f3ca0 RDI: ffff98aa44f3fa80
[    2.016377] RBP: ffff98aa44f3fbf0 R08: ffffa47ec33f3ba8 R09: 0000000000000000
[    2.016942] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa47ec33f3ca0
[    2.017437] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: ffffa47ec33f3ba8 R15: 0000000000000000
[    2.017972] FS:  000079ce006afa40(0000) GS:ffff98aade441000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    2.018510] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    2.018987] CR2: 000079ce03e74000 CR3: 000000010784f006 CR4: 0000000000372eb0
[    2.019518] Call Trace:
[    2.019729]  <TASK>
[    2.019901]  truncate_inode_pages_range+0xd8/0x400
[    2.020280]  ? timerqueue_add+0x66/0xb0
[    2.020574]  ? get_nohz_timer_target+0x2a/0x140
[    2.020904]  ? timerqueue_add+0x66/0xb0
[    2.021231]  ? timerqueue_del+0x2e/0x50
[    2.021646]  ? __remove_hrtimer+0x39/0x90
[    2.022017]  ? srso_alias_untrain_ret+0x1/0x10
[    2.022497]  ? psi_group_change+0x136/0x350
[    2.023046]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x30
[    2.023514]  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x8d/0x280
[    2.024068]  ? __schedule+0x532/0xbd0
[    2.024551]  fuse_evict_inode+0x29/0x190
[    2.025131]  evict+0x100/0x270
[    2.025641]  ? _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x39/0x50
[    2.026316]  ? __pfx_generic_delete_inode+0x10/0x10
[    2.026843]  __dentry_kill+0x71/0x180
[    2.027335]  dput+0xeb/0x1b0
[    2.027725]  __fput+0x136/0x2b0
[    2.028054]  __x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80
[    2.028469]  do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x1b0
[    2.028832]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[    2.029182]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[    2.029533]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[    2.029902]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[    2.030423] RIP: 0033:0x79ce03d0d067
[    2.030820] Code: b8 ff ff ff ff e9 3e ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 03 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 41 c3 48 83 ec 18 89 7c 24 0c e8 c3 a7 f8 ff
[    2.032354] RSP: 002b:00007ffef0498948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003
[    2.032939] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffef0498960 RCX: 000079ce03d0d067
[    2.033612] RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: 000000000000000d
[    2.034289] RBP: 00007ffef0498a30 R08: 000000000000000d R09: 0000000000000000
[    2.034944] R10: 00007ffef0498978 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
[    2.035610] R13: 00007ffef0498960 R14: 000079ce03e09ce0 R15: 0000000000000003
[    2.036301]  </TASK>
[    2.036532] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38357?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38357?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38357 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38357 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38357/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38357/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38357
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38357
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38357

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.