CVE-2025-38663

nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes

published August 22, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes

To prevent inodes with invalid file types from tripping through the vfs

and causing malfunctions or assertion failures, add a missing sanity check

when reading an inode from a block device. If the file type is not valid,

treat it as a filesystem error.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00181 · 7.3th percentile
Published
2025-08-22T16:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 AUG 16:02Z
    nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes
    cvelistv5