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ghsa-338j-4fww-h2xc

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Published

2025-08-22 18:31

Modified

2025-08-28 15:30

Details

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.

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CVE-2025-38663 (GCVE-0-2025-38663)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-22 16:02

Modified

2025-08-28 14:44

Severity ?

Summary

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

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd298c0b889acd3ecaf48b6e840c9ab91882e342
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf0c4130bf340be3935d097a3dcbfefdcf65815
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98872a934ea6a95985fb6a3655a78a5f0c114e82
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a5c204e175a78556b8ef1f7683249fa5197295a
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf585ee198bba4ff25b0d80a0891df4656cb0d08
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79663a15a1c70ca84f86f2dbba07b423fe7d5d4f
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cd46b3a8b1497b9258dc7ac445dbd6beb73e2f
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aead50caf67e01020c8be1945c3201e8a972a27

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Linux

Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184
Version: 05fe58fdc10df9ebea04c0eaed57adc47af5c184

Linux

Version: 2.6.30

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