The vulnerability of the squashfs_read inode() function in the SquashFS file system of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the squashfsread inode function in the SquashFS file system of the Linux operating system is related to the comparison of numerical ranges without any minimum checks. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2025-40200 Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfsreadinode Syskaller reports a "WARNING in ovlcopyupfile" in overlayfs. This warning is ultimately caused because the underlying Squashfs file system returns a file with a negative...