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filemap: avoid truncating 64-bit offset to 32 bits

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filemap: avoid truncating 64-bit offset to 32 bits On 32-bit kernels, folio_seek_hole_data() was inadvertently truncating a 64-bit value to 32 bits, leading to a possible infinite loop when writing to an xfs filesystem.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.177, 6.1.127, 6.12.11, 6.6.74
CVEs
CVE-2025-21665
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 16:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

filemap: avoid truncating 64-bit offset to 32 bits

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jan 2025, 11:25 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filemap: avoid truncating 64-bit offset to 32 bits On 32-bit kernels, folio_seek_hole_data() was inadvertently truncating a 64-bit value to 32 bits, leading to a possible infinite loop when writing to an xfs filesystem.

osv:CVE-2025-21665

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.177, 6.1.127, 6.6.74, 6.12.11

Complete source record
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