CVE-2025-38663

Name	CVE-2025-38663
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes To prevent inodes with invalid file types from tripping through the vfs and causing malfunctions or assertion failures, add a missing sanity check when reading an inode from a block device. If the file type is not valid, treat it as a filesystem error.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4327-1, DLA-4328-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.12-2	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.244-1	DLA-4327-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.148-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.41-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.3-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	DLA-4328-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/4aead50caf67e01020c8be1945c3201e8a972a27 (6.16)