{"cve":"CVE-2025-38697","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:38.210","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: upper bound check of tree index in dbAllocAG\n\nWhen computing the tree index in dbAllocAG, we never check if we are\nout of bounds realative to the size of the stree.\nThis could happen in a scenario where the filesystem metadata are\ncorrupted.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-129"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1467a75819e41341cd5ebd16faa2af1ca3c8f4fe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173cfd741ad7073640bfb7e2344c2a0ee005e769","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd05f09cc323018136a7ecdb3d1007be9ede27f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e19a884c0b11f33821aacda7e72e914bec26ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ea46d9025aa1914b24ea957636cbe4367a7311"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38697","score":0.00184,"percentile":0.07951,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}