CVE-2025-38701 — Reachable Assertion in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.54%
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:
ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr
A syzbot fuzzed image triggered a BUG_ON in ext4_update_inline_data()
when an inode had the INLINE_DATA_FL flag set but was missing the
system.data extended attribute.
Since this can happen due to a maiciouly fuzzed file system, we
shouldn't BUG, but rather, report it as a corrupted file system.
Add similar replacements of BUG_ON with EXT4_ERROR_INODE() ii
ext4_cre…
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 Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 — 8085a7324d8ec448c4a764af7853e19bbd64e17a+9
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-x687-v76r-f9gw: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system↗2025-09-05
OSV▶
CVE-2025-38701: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system↗2025-09-04