CVE-2025-71292

MEDIUM

jfs: nlink overflow in jfs_rename

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: nlink overflow in jfs_rename If nlink is maximal for a directory (-1) and inside that directory you perform a rename for some child directory (not moving from the parent), then the nlink of the first directory is first incremented and later decremented. Normally this is fine, but when nlink = -1 this causes a wrap around to 0, and then drop_nlink issues a warning. After applying the patch syzbot no longer issues any warnings. I also ran some basic fs tests to look for any regressions.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
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 (20)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2108829a59f081e822fdab8c2cd7131deb8aa8a1
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 5d77c36cd4b698649f5c30c5f6c084f4f61d1880
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 9218dc26fd922b09858ecd3666ed57dfd8098da8
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 93c325746ae59709b4f9bad4e3e4761c8d566c70
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - a3d66089e50a6e0142f8884471f74292102ea9aa
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - b4330a0d0947fbdc9d445cbbeabd8cc910a8c9ca
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - f70fcbc2ac7c24f087a2c895c5753aa730b1e479
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - fe136426e30ca6debcf916fd6a141555ed9fde74
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
... and 10 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026