# CVE-2025-71105: f2fs: use global inline_xattr_slab instead of per-sb slab cache

> A flaw in the Linux kernel f2fs filesystem allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service by mounting and unmounting filesystems in a specific sequence.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 14 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-71105, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71105, GHSA-chxm-mhww-444h, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-71105, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-71105, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-71105, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-71105, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-71105, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71105

## What is CVE-2025-71105?

CVE-2025-71105 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Jan 2026. 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:

f2fs: use global inline_xattr_slab instead of per-sb slab cache

As Hong Yun reported in mailing list:

loop7: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072
------------[ cut here ]------------
kmem_cache of name 'f2fs_xattr_entry-7:7' already exists
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 24426 at mm/slab_common.c:110 kmem_cache_sanity_check mm/slab_common.c:109 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 24426 at mm/slab_common.c:110 __kmem_cache_create_args+0xa6/0x320 mm/slab_common.c:307
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 24426 Comm: syz.7.1370 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_sanity_check mm/slab_common.c:109 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_create_args+0xa6/0x320 mm/slab_common.c:307
Call Trace:
 __kmem_cache_create include/linux/slab.h:353 [inline]
 f2fs_kmem_cache_create fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2943 [inline]
 f2fs_init_xattr_caches+0xa5/0xe0 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:843
 f2fs_fill_super+0x1645/0x2620 fs/f2fs/super.c:4918
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x1fb/0x260 fs/super.c:1692
 vfs_get_tree+0x43/0x140 fs/super.c:1815
 do_new_mount+0x201/0x550 fs/namespace.c:3808
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x298/0x2f0 fs/namespace.c:4324
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x3a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The bug can be reproduced w/ below scripts:
- mount /dev/vdb /mnt1
- mount /dev/vdc /mnt2
- umount /mnt1
- mounnt /dev/vdb /mnt1

The reason is if we created two slab caches, named f2fs_xattr_entry-7:3
and f2fs_xattr_entry-7:7, and they have the same slab size. Actually,
slab system will only create one slab cache core structure which has
slab name of "f2fs_xattr_entry-7:3", and two slab caches share the same
structure and cache address.

So, if we destroy f2fs_xattr_entry-7:3 cache w/ cache address, it will
decrease reference count of slab cache, rather than release slab cache
entirely, since there is one more user has referenced the cache.

Then, if we try to create slab cache w/ name "f2fs_xattr_entry-7:3" again,
slab system will find that there is existed cache which has the same name
and trigger the warning.

Let's changes to use global inline_xattr_slab instead of per-sb slab cache
for fixing.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71105?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-71105?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-71105 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-71105 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71105 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Jan 2026. 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-2025-71105 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-2025-71105/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71105/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71105
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71105
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71105

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