VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-38697

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-09-04
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: upper bound check of tree index in dbAllocAG When computing the tree index in dbAllocAG, we never check if we are out of bounds realative to the size of the stree. This could happen in a scenario where the filesystem metadata are corrupted.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index

Primary references