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CVE-2025-37925

5.5 · MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: reject on-disk inodes of an unsupported type Syzbot has reported the following BUG: kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:668!

Published Apr 18, 2025EPSS 0.30%

Overview

CVE-2025-37925 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: reject on-disk inodes of an unsupported type

Syzbot has reported the following BUG:

kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:668!

Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI

CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 139 Comm: jfsCommit Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-syzkaller-00085-g4e46774408d9 #0

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41 04/01/2014

RIP: 0010:clear_inode+0x168/0x190

Code: 4c 89 f7 e8 ba fe e5 ff e9 61 ff ff ff 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c c1 4c 89 f7 e8 90 ff e5 ff eb b7

0b e8 01 5d 7f ff 90 0f 0b e8 f9 5c 7f ff 90 0f 0b e8 f1 5c 7f

RSP: 0018:ffffc900027dfae8 EFLAGS: 00010093

RAX: ffffffff82157a87 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffff888104d4b980

RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000

RBP: ffffc900027dfc90 R08: ffffffff82157977 R09: fffff520004fbf38

R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520004fbf38 R12: dffffc0000000000

R13: ffff88811315bc00 R14: ffff88811315bda8 R15: ffff888

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37925?

CVE-2025-37925 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-37925?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-37925?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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