CVE-2025-38698

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

jfs: Regular file corruption check

The reproducer builds a corrupted file on disk with a negative i_size value. Add a check when opening this file to avoid subsequent operation failures.

This vulnerability does not require elevated user privileges to trigger, but does require a JFS filesystem with corrupted metadata; specifically, a file in that filesystem must have its file size parameter (i_size) set to negative value.

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