CVE-2025-38663

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.30-6.15.9 - Filesystem Error via Invalid Inode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes To prevent inodes with invalid file types from tripping through the vfs and causing malfunctions or assertion failures, add a missing sanity check when reading an inode from a block device. If the file type is not valid, treat it as a filesystem error.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 2.6.30 - 5.4.297linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.241linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.101linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.41linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184 - 1a5c204e175a78556b8ef1f7683249fa5197295a
... and 18 more
Published Aug 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026