CVE-2025-40200Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() Syskaller reports a "WARNING in ovl_copy_up_file" in overlayfs. This warning is ultimately caused because the underlying Squashfs file system returns a file with a negative file size. This commit checks for a negative file size and returns EINVAL. [[email protected]: only need to check 64 bit quantity]

Affected Packages7 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel2.6.295.4.301+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-170.180+2
CVEListV5linux/linux6545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b154170057a5fadd24a37b70de41e61d39284d9bd7+8

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