Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1 jfs fs/inode.c clear_inode information disclosure

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1. This vulnerability affects the function clear_inode of the file fs/inode.c of the component jfs. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-37925. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1. Affected is the function clear_inode of the file fs/inode.c of the component jfs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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: ffff88811315bb80 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888135f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005565222e0578 CR3: 0000000026ef0000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: ? __die_body+0x5f/0xb0 ? die+0x9e/0xc0 ? do_trap+0x15a/0x3a0 ? clear_inode+0x168/0x190 ? do_error_trap+0x1dc/0x2c0 ? clear_inode+0x168/0x190 ? __pfx_do_error_trap+0x10/0x10 ? report_bug+0x3cd/0x500 ? handle_invalid_op+0x34/0x40 ? clear_inode+0x168/0x190 ? exc_invalid_op+0x38/0x50 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? clear_inode+0x57/0x190 ? clear_inode+0x167/0x190 ? clear_inode+0x168/0x190 ? clear_inode+0x167/0x190 jfs_evict_inode+0xb5/0x440 ? __pfx_jfs_evict_inode+0x10/0x10 evict+0x4ea/0x9b0 ? __pfx_evict+0x10/0x10 ? iput+0x713/0xa50 txUpdateMap+0x931/0xb10 ? __pfx_txUpdateMap+0x10/0x10 jfs_lazycommit+0x49a/0xb80 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8f/0x140 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x99/0x150 ? __pfx_jfs_lazycommit+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_default_wake_function+0x10/0x10 ? __kthread_parkme+0x169/0x1d0 ? __pfx_jfs_lazycommit+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x2f2/0x390 ? __pfx_jfs_lazycommit+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 This happens when 'clear_inode()' makes an attempt to finalize an underlying JFS inode of unknown type. According to JFS layout description from https://jfs.sourceforge.net/project/pub/jfslayout.pdf, inode types from 5 to 15 are reserved for future extensions and should not be encountered on a valid filesystem. So add an extra check for valid inode type in 'copy_from_dinode()'.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-37925 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 8987891c4653874d5e3f5d11f063912f4e0b58eb/8c3f9a70d2d4dd6c640afe294b05c6a0a45434d9 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), EUVD (EUVD-2025-11828) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0861). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 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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