7.8

CVE-2025-38204: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38204DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38204CGA-24c2-9hcc-h82m
Published 04-07-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38204 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 28

Timeline

  1. 04-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu148 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-156.166
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1092.99
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard5 products
  • linux-aws-6.12< 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.68-r1 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.72-r1 | < 6.12.74-r0 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.68-r0 | < 6.12.65-r0 | < 6.12.71-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.80-r0 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.72-r0
  • linux-azure-6.12< 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.68-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.72-r0 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.80-r0 | < 6.12.65-r4 | < 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.71-r0 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.65-r3 | < 6.12.74-r0
  • linux-gcp-6.12< 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.68-r1 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.74-r0 | < 6.12.68-r0 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.80-r0 | < 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.72-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.71-r0
  • linux-qemu-6.12< 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.74-r0 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.71-r0 | < 6.12.72-r0 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.80-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.68-r0
  • linux-vmware-6.12< 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.72-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.71-r0 | < 6.12.68-r1 | < 6.12.74-r0 | < 6.12.68-r0 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.80-r0
Debian2 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.113-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 81af4b34fd72d390d7f237c6a545cc6d09707956 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < bfa4655d28f338e68d345aed80d19be7999bbce2 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 44618bee303bed151ef3a525ff79fbd7689593b5 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 2ec34dc7094b14149ce091c77aff43a45d255518 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < c8399564a58fb6ea2ff21a6fd278417943cb51a5 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 5dff41a86377563f7a2b968aae00d25b4ceb37c9 | 2.6.12
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.295 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.239 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.186 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.15.4

4 vendors · 157 products

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