2393203 – (CVE-2025-38698) CVE-2025-38698 kernel: jfs: Regular file corruption check

Bug 2393203 (CVE-2025-38698) - CVE-2025-38698 kernel: jfs: Regular file corruption check

Summary: CVE-2025-38698 kernel: jfs: Regular file corruption check

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2025-38698
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-09-04 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 18:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-04 16:04:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: Regular file corruption check

The reproducer builds a corrupted file on disk with a negative i_size value.
Add a check when opening this file to avoid subsequent operation failures.

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