fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-37858
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.31 % · percentile 24 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

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 << l2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with >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 operations - Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses - Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures Fix by casting to s64 before shifting: bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize; This ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast matches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in JFS block calculation code. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < dd07a985e2ded47b6c7d69fc93c1fe02977c8454 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8bb29629a5e4090e1ef7199cb42db04a52802239 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3d8a45f87010a802aa214bf39702ca9d99cbf3ba ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 55edbf5dbf60a8195c21e92124c4028939ae16b2 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 7ccf3b35274512b60ecb614e0637e76bd6f2d829 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.12 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.12 ; unaffected 5.4.293 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.237 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.181 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.135 ≤ 6.1.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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