CVE-2025-38692 — Infinite Loop in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
exfat: add cluster chain loop check for dir
An infinite loop may occur if the following conditions occur due to
file system corruption.
(1) Condition for exfat_count_dir_entries() to loop infinitely.
- The cluster chain includes a loop.
- There is no UNUSED entry in the cluster chain.
(2) Condition for exfat_create_upcase_table() to loop infinitely.
- The cluster chain of the root directory includes a loop.
- There are no UN…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 — 868f23286c1a13162330fa6c614fe350f78e3f82+5