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Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38204jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices stbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to 127. Added a bound check for that error and return -EIO if the check fails. Also make jfs_readdir return with error if add_missing_indices returns with an error.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-38204
Debian:13linux6.12.113-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38204
Debian:14linux6.16.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38204
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.113-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-156.166UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1092.99UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1096.105UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1096.105.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1092.101UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1089.95UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1075.83UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.146.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1086.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1087.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1088.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-156.166UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1087.88UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1045.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1035.38USN-8781-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1034.34UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1090.96UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1086.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1056.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 81af4b34fd72d390d7f237c6a545cc6d097079561da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before bfa4655d28f338e68d345aed80d19be7999bbce21da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 44618bee303bed151ef3a525ff79fbd7689593b51da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 5730e2da0655336fed6aa3c25892e69e2ba5cb761da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before c8733634978086b41255695d993cec3017a23a271da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 2ec34dc7094b14149ce091c77aff43a45d2555181da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before c8399564a58fb6ea2ff21a6fd278417943cb51a51da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 5dff41a86377563f7a2b968aae00d25b4ceb37c9
Linux Linux 2.6.12

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