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
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-04 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-04 17:18 UTC (History)
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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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-04 17:15:29 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025090452-CVE-2025-38698-e0e3@gregkh/T
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