CVE-2025-39888

fuse: Block access to folio overlimit

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 23, 2025 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: Block access to folio overlimit syz reported a slab-out-of-bounds Write in fuse_dev_do_write. When the number of bytes to be retrieved is truncated to the upper limit by fc->max_pages and there is an offset, the oob is triggered. Add a loop termination condition to prevent overruns.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.16 ≤ v < 6.16.83568a956932621cafadafc8b75fcf6dc065551056.166.176.17 rc16.17 rc26.17 rc36.17 rc46.17 rc5
Vendor states this is fixed in 623719227b114d73a2cee45f1b343ced63ce09ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d81ba6d49a7457784f0b6a71046818b86ec7e44 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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