{"id":"CVE-2025-38204","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices\n\nstbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to\n127.\n\nAdded a bound check for th…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices\n\nstbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to\n127.\n\nAdded a bound check for th…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.4.295","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.239","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.186","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.15.4","debian_linux = 11.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.15.4"],"published":"2025-07-04","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T11:17:16.713","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38204","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ec34dc7094b14149ce091c77aff43a45d255518","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44618bee303bed151ef3a525ff79fbd7689593b5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dff41a86377563f7a2b968aae00d25b4ceb37c9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81af4b34fd72d390d7f237c6a545cc6d09707956","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa4655d28f338e68d345aed80d19be7999bbce2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8399564a58fb6ea2ff21a6fd278417943cb51a5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8733634978086b41255695d993cec3017a23a27"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00225,"epssPercentile":0.13153,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:00:41.716Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38204","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices\n\nstbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to\n127.\n\nAdded a bound check for that error and return -EIO if the check fails.\nAlso make jfs_readdir return with error if add_missing_indices returns\nwith an error.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.4.295`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.239`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.186`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.15.4`\n- `debian_linux = 11.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.15.4`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}