{"id":"CVE-2025-38615","title":"fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails\n\nThe reproducer uses a file0 on a ntfs3 file system with a corrupted i_link.\nWhen renaming, the file0's inode i…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 47856e10f8d5e066aa26b1f9c02d933fe0620399","Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < b35a50d639ca5259466ef5fea85529bb4fb17d5b","Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 3ed2cc6a6e93fbeb8c0cafce1e7fb1f64a331dcc","Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 358d4f821c03add421a4c49290538a705852ccf1","Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < a285395020780adac1ffbc844069c3d700bf007a","Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < d99208b91933fd2a58ed9ed321af07dacd06ddc3","Linux 5.15"],"published":"2025-08-19","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:22:08.400Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38615","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47856e10f8d5e066aa26b1f9c02d933fe0620399"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b35a50d639ca5259466ef5fea85529bb4fb17d5b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ed2cc6a6e93fbeb8c0cafce1e7fb1f64a331dcc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/358d4f821c03add421a4c49290538a705852ccf1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a285395020780adac1ffbc844069c3d700bf007a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d99208b91933fd2a58ed9ed321af07dacd06ddc3"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00183,"epssPercentile":0.07956,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-03T19:53:18.506Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38615","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails\n\nThe reproducer uses a file0 on a ntfs3 file system with a corrupted i_link.\nWhen renaming, the file0's inode is marked as a bad inode because the file\nname cannot be deleted.\n\nThe underlying bug is that make_bad_inode() is called on a live inode.\nIn some cases it's \"icache lookup finds a normal inode, d_splice_alias()\nis called to attach it to dentry, while another thread decides to call\nmake_bad_inode() on it - that would evict it from icache, but we'd already\nfound it there earlier\".\nIn some it's outright \"we have an inode attached to dentry - that's how we\ngot it in the first place; let's call make_bad_inode() on it just for shits\nand giggles\".\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 47856e10f8d5e066aa26b1f9c02d933fe0620399`\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < b35a50d639ca5259466ef5fea85529bb4fb17d5b`\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 3ed2cc6a6e93fbeb8c0cafce1e7fb1f64a331dcc`\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < 358d4f821c03add421a4c49290538a705852ccf1`\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < a285395020780adac1ffbc844069c3d700bf007a`\n- `Linux >= 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d < d99208b91933fd2a58ed9ed321af07dacd06ddc3`\n- `Linux 5.15`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}