Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1 jfs txBeginAnon buffer overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1. This issue affects the function txBeginAnon of the component jfs. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-58095. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function txBeginAnon of the component jfs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: add check read-only before txBeginAnon() call Added a read-only check before calling `txBeginAnon` in `extAlloc` and `extRecord`. This prevents modification attempts on a read-only mounted filesystem, avoiding potential errors or crashes. Call trace: txBeginAnon+0xac/0x154 extAlloc+0xe8/0xdec fs/jfs/jfs_extent.c:78 jfs_get_block+0x340/0xb98 fs/jfs/inode.c:248 __block_write_begin_int+0x580/0x166c fs/buffer.c:2128 __block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2177 [inline] block_write_begin+0x98/0x11c fs/buffer.c:2236 jfs_write_begin+0x44/0x88 fs/jfs/inode.c:299

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-58095 since 03/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/16/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240657 (Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7594-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.14.2 or 6.15-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 15469c408af2d7a52fb186a92f2f091b0f13b1fb/0176e69743ecc02961f2ae1ea42439cd2bf9ed58 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240657) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0844). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• F5 BIG-IP
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Avamar
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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