ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40179 CVE-2025-40179 in linux - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2025-40179 in the linux package for Root:Ubuntu:24.04. Multiple fixed versions available...

CVE-2025-40179

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-04-02 17:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-0397/ 2026-04-07 18:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/ubuntu-linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities20260408 2026-05-10 18:00:00+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2025-40179

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big In principle orphan file can be arbitrarily large. However orphan replay needs to traverse it all and we also pin all its buffers in memory. Thus filesystems with absurdly large orphan...