PT-2025-34424 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5
Published
2025-01-01
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Updated
2026-04-20
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CVE-2025-38663
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 (affected versions not specified)
Description:
The Linux kernel contains an issue where invalid file types within inodes were not properly checked during the reading process. This could lead to malfunctions or assertion failures within the virtual filesystem (VFS). A sanity check has been added to treat invalid file types as a filesystem error, preventing potential issues.
Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Assertion Failure
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu