Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes
CVE-2025-38663
Description
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
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.30
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a5c204e175a78556b8ef1f7683249fa5197295amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf0c4130bf340be3935d097a3dcbfefdcf65815mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/42cd46b3a8b1497b9258dc7ac445dbd6beb73e2fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aead50caf67e01020c8be1945c3201e8a972a27mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/79663a15a1c70ca84f86f2dbba07b423fe7d5d4fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/98872a934ea6a95985fb6a3655a78a5f0c114e82mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf585ee198bba4ff25b0d80a0891df4656cb0d08mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd298c0b889acd3ecaf48b6e840c9ab91882e342mitre
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