CVE-2025-38204

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices stbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to 127. Added a bound check for that error and return -EIO if the check fails. Also make jfs_readdir return with error if add_missing_indices returns with an error.

CVSS 3.1

7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-125

Published

2025-07-04

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ec34dc7094b14149ce091c77aff43a45d255518
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44618bee303bed151ef3a525ff79fbd7689593b5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dff41a86377563f7a2b968aae00d25b4ceb37c9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81af4b34fd72d390d7f237c6a545cc6d09707956
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa4655d28f338e68d345aed80d19be7999bbce2

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