Vulnerability · CVE-2025-37858
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size
Published May 9, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37858. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- None0.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.31%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior and improper AG sizing. On 32-bit architectures: - Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow - This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in sbi->bmap->db_agsize - Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures - Could lead to: - Filesystem corruption during extend oper
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- vendor Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da3291da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329
How to fix CVE-2025-37858
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37858. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 9, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior and improper AG sizing. On 32-bit architectures: - Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow - This
May 11, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior and improper AG sizing. On 32-bit architectures: - Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow - This
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-37858
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-37858
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14134
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior an
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.