{"cve":"CVE-2025-38701","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:38.833","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr\n\nA syzbot fuzzed image triggered a BUG_ON in ext4_update_inline_data()\nwhen an inode had the INLINE_DATA_FL flag set but was missing the\nsystem.data extended attribute.\n\nSince this can happen due to a maiciouly fuzzed file system, we\nshouldn't BUG, but rather, report it as a corrupted file system.\n\nAdd similar replacements of BUG_ON with EXT4_ERROR_INODE() ii\next4_create_inline_data() and ext4_inline_data_truncate().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-617"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099b847ccc6c1ad2f805d13cfbcc83f5b6d4bc42","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1199a6399895f4767f0b9a68a6ff47c3f799b7c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/279c87ef7b9da34f65c2e4db586e730b667a6fb9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2817ac83cb4732597bf36853fe13ca616f4ee4e2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f322c12df7aeed1755acd3c6fab48c7807795fb"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38701","score":0.00183,"percentile":0.07776,"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."]}