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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
2.8%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel
2.6.12 - 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.12
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2108829a59f081e822fdab8c2cd7131deb8aa8a1
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 5d77c36cd4b698649f5c30c5f6c084f4f61d1880
... and 17 more
Published
May 06, 2026
Tracked Since
May 06, 2026