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TI-2025-26411 Aliases CVE-2025-39735GHSA-rh6v-853j-mqjh

jfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in ea_get()

Priority LOW 33CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in ea_get() During the "size_check" label in ea_get(), the code checks if the extended attribute list (xattr) size matches ea_size. If not, it logs "ea_get: invalid extended attribute" and calls print_hex_dump(). Here, EALIST_SIZE(ea_buf->xattr) returns 4110417968, which exceeds INT_MAX (2,147,483,647). Then ea_size is clamped: int size = clamp_t(int, ea_size, 0, EALIST_SIZE(ea_buf->xattr)); Although clamp_t aims to bound ea_size between 0 and 4110417968, the upper limit is treated as an int, causing an overflow above 2^31 - 1. This leads "size" to wrap around and become negative (-184549328). The "size" is then passed to print_hex_dump() (called "len" in print_hex_dump()), it is passed as type size_t (an unsigned type), this is then stored inside a variable called "int remaining", which is then assigned to "int linelen" which is then passed to hex_dump_to_buffer(). In print_hex_dump() the for loop, iterates through 0 to len-1, where len is 18446744073525002176, calling hex_dump_to_buffer() on each iteration: for (i = 0; i < len; i += rowsize) { linelen = min(remaining, rowsize); remaining -= rowsize; hex_dump_to_buffer(ptr + i, linelen, rowsize, groupsize, linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), ascii); ... } The expected stopping condition (i < len) is effectively broken since len is corrupted and very large. This eventually leads to the "ptr+i" being passed to hex_dump_to_buffer() to get closer to the end of the actual bounds of "ptr", eventually an out of bounds access is done in hex_dump_to_buffer() in the following for loop: for (j = 0; j < len; j++) { if (linebuflen < lx + 2) goto overflow2; ch = ptr[j]; ... } To fix this we should validate "EALIST_SIZE(ea_buf->xattr)" before it is utilised.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00296 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180 +8Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.4.287 to before 5.4.292; 5.10.231 to before 5.10.236; 5.15.174 to before 5.15.180; 6.1.120 to before 6.1.134; 6.6.64 to before 6.6.87; 6.12.2 to before 6.12.23; 4.19.325 to before 4.20; 6.11.11 to before 6.125.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 4.20, 6.12Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.13 and later5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.4.287 to before 5.4.292; 5.10.231 to before 5.10.236; 5.15.174 to before 5.15.180; 6.1.120 to before 6.1.134; 6.6.64 to before 6.6.87; 6.12.2 to before 6.12.23; 4.19.325 to before 4.20; 6.11.11 to before 6.12 Fixed in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 4.20, 6.12 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.13 and later Fixed in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.19.325 to before 4.20; 5.4.287 to before 5.4.292; 5.10.231 to before 5.10.236; 5.15.174 to before 5.15.180; 6.1.120 to before 6.1.134; 6.6.64 to before 6.6.87; 6.11.11 to before 6.12; 6.12.2 to before 6.12.23; 6.13 to before 6.13.11; 6.14 to before 6.14.2VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.19.325 to before 4.20; 5.4.287 to before 5.4.292; 5.10.231 to before 5.10.236; 5.15.174 to before 5.15.180; 6.1.120 to before 6.1.134; 6.6.64 to before 6.6.87; 6.11.11 to before 6.12; 6.12.2 to before 6.12.23; 6.13 to before 6.13.11; 6.14 to before 6.14.2 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 4.20, 6.12
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-39735
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rh6v-853j-mqjh

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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