PT-2025-35971 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Published 2025-09-04 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2025-38698

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:

Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description:

The Linux kernel contains a flaw related to file corruption checks within the JFS filesystem. A corrupted file with a negative i size value can be created on disk. Without a check during file opening, subsequent operations may fail.

Recommendations:

At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-38698

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 15

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38698 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/linux · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-38698 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00462be586b33076f8b8023e7ba697deedc131db · Note
• https://packages.debian.org/src:linux · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad054cd2c4ca8c371e555748832aa217c41fc65 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1963644644203393316 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02edcfda419168d9405bffe55f18ea9c1bf92366 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9605cb2ea38ba014d0e704cba0dbbb00593fa9fd · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9454b7710b28060faa49b041f8283c435721a3 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78989af5bbf55a0cf1165b0fa73921bc02f1543b · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d04df8116426b6c7b9f8b9b371250f666a2a2fb · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc86f1d7d5419d5b19483ba203ca0b760c41c51 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f896c3d0192241d6438be6963682ace8203f502 · Note