Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU105049

Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-21736

Published: February 27, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU105049

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21736

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the nilfs_fiemap() function in fs/nilfs2/inode.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.

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