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Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-40200Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode()

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In plain English

A 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 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.6% 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: 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. [phillip@squashfs.org.uk: only need to check 64 bit quantity]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.158-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40200
Debian:13linux6.12.57-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40200
Debian:14linux6.17.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-170.180UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-106.106UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-14.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1100.107UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1109.118UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1051.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1109.118.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1100.109UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1096.102UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1048.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1083.91UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1094.97UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1049.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1095.101UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1092.97UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-170.180UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-106.106.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1095.96UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1049.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1049.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1052.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1041.41UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1097.103UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1047.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1097.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1006.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-14.14.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1028.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1064.68UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40200

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 6545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 54170057a5fadd24a37b70de41e61d39284d9bd76545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 2871c74caa3f4f05b429e6bfefebac62dbf1b4086545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before fbfc745db628de31f5c089147deeb87e95b89e666545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 8118f66124895829443d09c207e654adcb2f93216545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 8c7aad76751816207fee556d44aa88a7108248106545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 875fb3f87ae0225b881319ba016a1a8c4ffd58126545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before f271155ff31aca8ef82c61c8df23ca97e9a77dd46545b246a2c815a8fcd07d58240effb6ec3481b1 – before 9f1c14c1de1bdde395f6cc893efa4f80a2ae3b2b
Linux Linux 2.6.29

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