medium5.5
CVE-2025-38663
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes To prevent inodes with invalid file t…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 2.6.30 before 5.4.297 from 5.5 before 5.10.241 from 5.11 before 5.15.190 from 5.16 before 6.1.148 from 6.2 before 6.6.101 from 6.7 before 6.12.41 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a5c204e175a78556b8ef1f7683249fa5197295a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf0c4130bf340be3935d097a3dcbfefdcf65815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cd46b3a8b1497b9258dc7ac445dbd6beb73e2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aead50caf67e01020c8be1945c3201e8a972a27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79663a15a1c70ca84f86f2dbba07b423fe7d5d4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98872a934ea6a95985fb6a3655a78a5f0c114e82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf585ee198bba4ff25b0d80a0891df4656cb0d08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd298c0b889acd3ecaf48b6e840c9ab91882e342
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html