CVE-2025-38698

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.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-09-04

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

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

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