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CVE-2025-38663

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-08-22 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References