CVE-2025-37858

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37858
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37858.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-37858
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-09T06:42:05.940Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:42:31.420757Z
Summary
fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37858.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed
dd07a985e2ded47b6c7d69fc93c1fe02977c8454
Fixed
8bb29629a5e4090e1ef7199cb42db04a52802239
Fixed
3d8a45f87010a802aa214bf39702ca9d99cbf3ba
Fixed
55edbf5dbf60a8195c21e92124c4028939ae16b2
Fixed
7ccf3b35274512b60ecb614e0637e76bd6f2d829
Fixed
c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329
Fixed
211ed8f5e39e61f9e4d18edd64ce8005a67a1b2a
Fixed
ec34cdf4f917cc6abd306cf091f8b8361fedac88
Fixed
7fcbf789629cdb9fbf4e2172ce31136cfed11e5e

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37858.json"