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CVE-2025-38698: jfs: Regular file corruption check

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: Regular file corruption check The reproducer builds a corrupted file on disk with a negative i_size value. Add a check when opening this file to avoid subsequent operation failures.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 2.6.12.1 before 5.4.297; from 5.5 before 5.10.241; from 5.11 before 5.15.190; from 5.16 before 6.1.149; from 6.2 before 6.6.103; from 6.7 before 6.12.43 — fixed in 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.149, 6.12.43, 6.15.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.149. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00462be586b33076f8b8023e7ba697deedc131db
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02edcfda419168d9405bffe55f18ea9c1bf92366
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d04df8116426b6c7b9f8b9b371250f666a2a2fb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc86f1d7d5419d5b19483ba203ca0b760c41c51
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78989af5bbf55a0cf1165b0fa73921bc02f1543b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9605cb2ea38ba014d0e704cba0dbbb00593fa9fd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad054cd2c4ca8c371e555748832aa217c41fc65
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f896c3d0192241d6438be6963682ace8203f502
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9454b7710b28060faa49b041f8283c435721a3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html

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