CVE-2025-71292
Published: May 6, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: nlink overflow in jfs_rename If nlink is maximal for a directory (-1) and inside that directory you perform a rename for some child directory (not moving from the parent), then the nlink of the first directory is first incremented and later decremented. Normally this is fine, but when nlink = -1 this causes a wrap around to 0, and then drop_nlink issues a warning. After applying the patch syzbot no longer issues any warnings. I also ran some basic fs tests to look for any regressions.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 2108829a59f081e822fdab8c2cd7131deb8aa8a1affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < b4330a0d0947fbdc9d445cbbeabd8cc910a8c9caaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < a3d66089e50a6e0142f8884471f74292102ea9aaaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < f70fcbc2ac7c24f087a2c895c5753aa730b1e479affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 5d77c36cd4b698649f5c30c5f6c084f4f61d1880+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.12unaffected 0 - < 2.6.12unaffected 5.10.252 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.202 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.165 - <= 6.1.*+5 more versions |
References
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