CVE-2025-38663 — nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes
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 trippi…
Published: 2025-08-22 · CVSS: Unscored
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7