kernel: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files fstest generic/388 occasionally reproduces a crash that looks as follows: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... Call Trace:...

kernel: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files fstest generic/388 occasionally reproduces a crash that looks as follows: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... Call Trace:...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14311

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - There is an issue with grub2 before version 2.06 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of...

CVE-2025-38220

CVE-2025-38220 affects the Linux kernel ext4 subsystem. The vulnerability occurs when processing an orphan-list symlink inode during truncation; partial block zeroing calls ext4_dirty_journalled_data() which invokes folio_mark_dirty() via mapping->a_ops->dirty_folio(), but symlink inodes la...

CVE-2025-38220 ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files fstest generic/388 occasionally reproduces a crash that looks as follows: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... Call Trace:...

PT-2025-27995

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been identified, which can cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference when processing a symlink inode from the orphan list. This issue arises due t...

grub2: Integer overflow in grub_ext2_read_link leads to heap-based buffer overflow

A flaw was found in grub2 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of UINT32MAX causes an arithmetic overflow, leading to a zero-sized memory allocation with a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. The highest threat from this...