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CVE-2025-37863
published 2025-05-09

CVE-2025-37863: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: don't allow datadir only In theory overlayfs could support upper layer directly…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.24%
15.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: don't allow datadir only In theory overlayfs could support upper layer directly referring to a data layer, but there's no current use case for this. Originally, when data-only layers were introduced, this wasn't allowed, only introduced by the "datadir+" feature, but without actually handling this case, resulting in an Oops. Fix by disallowing datadir without lowerdir.

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 24e16e385f2272b1a9df51337a5c32d28a29c7ad < b9e3579213ba648fa23f780e8d53e99011c62331b9e3579213ba648fa23f780e8d53e99011c62331
linuxlinux>= 24e16e385f2272b1a9df51337a5c32d28a29c7ad < 21d2ffb0e9838a175064c22f3a9de97d1f56f27d21d2ffb0e9838a175064c22f3a9de97d1f56f27d
linuxlinux>= 24e16e385f2272b1a9df51337a5c32d28a29c7ad < eb3a04a8516ee9b5174379306f94279fc90424c4eb3a04a8516ee9b5174379306f94279fc90424c4
linuxlinux>= 6.6.23 < 6.6.886.6.88
linuxlinux>= cc0918b3582c98f12cfb30bf7496496d14bff3e9 < 0874b629f65320778e7e3e206177770666d9db180874b629f65320778e7e3e206177770666d9db18
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.14.0-22.226.14.0-22.22
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.14.46.14.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.23 < 6.6.886.6.88
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.256.12.25
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.8
ubuntulinux-raspi-realtime
ubuntulinux-realtime

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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