CVE-2025-38663
kernel: nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes
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UnknownRed Hat Product Security
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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