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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir Mounting a corrupted filesystem with directory which contains '.' dir entry with rec_…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2025-37785
First seen2026-07-14 19:15 UTC
Disclosed2025-04-18 07:15 UTC
Last updated2026-10-15 12:31 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir Mounting a corrupted filesystem with directory which contains '.' dir entry with rec_len == block size results in out-of-bounds read (later on, when the corrupted directory is removed). ext4_empty_dir() assumes every ext4 directory contains at least '.' and '..' as directory entries in the first data block. It first loads the '.' dir entry, performs sanity checks by calling ext4_ch…

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Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD