CVE-2025-37858

fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation

published May 9, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation

The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 <<

l2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with >2TB

aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined

behavior and improper AG sizing.

On 32-bit architectures:

- Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow

- This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in

sbi->bmap->db_agsize

- Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures

- Could lead to:

- Filesystem corruption during extend operations

- Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses

- Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures

Fix by casting to s64 before shifting:

bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize;

This ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast

matches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in

JFS block calculation code.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00314 · 23.1th percentile
Published
2025-05-09T06:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 06:42Z
    fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation
    cvelistv5