CVE-2025-38692

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.7-6.6.102, 6.7-6.12.42, 6.13-6.15.10, 6.16-6.16.1 - Denial of Service via exFAT Cluster Chain Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: add cluster chain loop check for dir An infinite loop may occur if the following conditions occur due to file system corruption. (1) Condition for exfat_count_dir_entries() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a loop. - There is no UNUSED entry in the cluster chain. (2) Condition for exfat_create_upcase_table() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain of the root directory includes a loop. - There are no UNUSED entry and up-case table entry in the cluster chain of the root directory. (3) Condition for exfat_load_bitmap() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain of the root directory includes a loop. - There are no UNUSED entry and bitmap entry in the cluster chain of the root directory. (4) Condition for exfat_find_dir_entry() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a loop. - The unused directory entries were exhausted by some operation. (5) Condition for exfat_check_dir_empty() to loop infinitely. - The cluster chain includes a loop. - The unused directory entries were exhausted by some operation. - All files and sub-directories under the directory are deleted. This commit adds checks to break the above infinite loop.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 5.7.0 - 6.6.103linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.2linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.43linux
Linux/Linux < 5.7
Linux/Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 - 4c3cda20c4cf1871e27868d08fda06b79bc7d568
Linux/Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 - 868f23286c1a13162330fa6c614fe350f78e3f82
Linux/Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 - 99f9a97dce39ad413c39b92c90393bbd6778f3fd
Linux/Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 - aa8fe7b7b73d4c9a41bb96cb3fb3092f794ecb33
Linux/Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 - e2066ca3ef49a30920d8536fa366b2a183a808ee
... and 7 more
Published Sep 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026