PT-2025-17269 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5
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Published
2025-04-18
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Updated
2026-04-20
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CVE-2025-37925
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 6.12.0-rc4
Description
A vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel related to the JFS filesystem. The issue occurs when the
clear inode() function attempts to finalize an underlying JFS inode of unknown type. According to the JFS layout description, inode types from 5 to 15 are reserved for future extensions and should not be encountered on a valid filesystem. An extra check for valid inode type has been added in copy from dinode() to address this issue.Recommendations
To resolve this issue, update to a version of the Linux kernel that includes the fix for this vulnerability.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
RCE
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu