CVE-2025-38204: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 28Timeline
- 04-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HDiffers
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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