CVE-2025-37858

Vulnerability 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.

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References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/211ed8f5e39e61f9e4d18edd64ce8005a67a1b2aPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8a45f87010a802aa214bf39702ca9d99cbf3baPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55edbf5dbf60a8195c21e92124c4028939ae16b2Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ccf3b35274512b60ecb614e0637e76bd6f2d829Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fcbf789629cdb9fbf4e2172ce31136cfed11e5ePatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb29629a5e4090e1ef7199cb42db04a52802239Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c802a6a4009f585111f903e810b3be9c6d0da329Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd07a985e2ded47b6c7d69fc93c1fe02977c8454Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec34cdf4f917cc6abd306cf091f8b8361fedac88Patch
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory