CVE-2025-38697
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
7.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-129
Published 2025-09-04 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-09-04 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1467a75819e41341cd5ebd16faa2af1ca3c8f4fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173cfd741ad7073640bfb7e2344c2a0ee005e769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd05f09cc323018136a7ecdb3d1007be9ede27f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e19a884c0b11f33821aacda7e72e914bec26ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ea46d9025aa1914b24ea957636cbe4367a7311
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdb9553fb134fd52ec208a8b378120670f6e784
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4f199203f79ca9cd7355799ccb26800174ff093
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c214006856ff52a8ff17ed8da52d50601d54f9ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ca21a2836993d7cb816668458e05e598574e55
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html