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CVE-2025-38663

kernel: nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · August 22, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified