#VU114814 Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38697
Published: September 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114814
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38697
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the dbAllocAG() function in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1467a75819e41341cd5ebd16faa2af1ca3c8f4fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173cfd741ad7073640bfb7e2344c2a0ee005e769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd05f09cc323018136a7ecdb3d1007be9ede27f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e19a884c0b11f33821aacda7e72e914bec26ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ea46d9025aa1914b24ea957636cbe4367a7311
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdb9553fb134fd52ec208a8b378120670f6e784
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4f199203f79ca9cd7355799ccb26800174ff093
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c214006856ff52a8ff17ed8da52d50601d54f9ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ca21a2836993d7cb816668458e05e598574e55