🛡️ CVE-2025-37742 — debian-linux

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-908 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

jfs: Fix uninit-value access of imap allocated in the diMount() function

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: Fix uninit-value access of imap allocated in the diMount() function

syzbot reports that hex_dump_to_buffer is using uninit-value:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hex_dump_to_buffer+0x888/0x1100 lib/hexdump.c:171

hex_dump_to_buffer+0x888/0x1100 lib/hexdump.c:171

print_hex_dump+0x13d/0x3e0 lib/hexdump.c:276

diFree+0x5ba/0x4350 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:876

jfs_evict_inode+0x510/0x550 fs/jfs/inode.c:156

evict+0x723/0xd10 fs/inode.c:796

iput_final fs/inode.c:1946 [inline]

iput+0x97b/0xdb0 fs/inode.c:1972

txUpdateMap+0xf3e/0x1150 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2367

txLazyCommit fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2664 [inline]

jfs_lazycommit+0x627/0x11d0 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2733

kthread+0x6b9/0xef0 kernel/kthread.c:464

ret_from_fork+0x6d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148

ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Uninit was created at:

slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4121 [inline]

slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4164 [inline]

__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x8e3/0xdf0 mm/slub.c:4320

kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline]

diMount+0x61/0x7f0 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:105

jfs_mount+0xa8e/0x11d0 fs/jfs/jfs_mount.c:176

jfs_fill_super+0xa47/0x17c0 fs/jfs/super.c:523

get_tree_bdev_flags+0x6ec/0x910 fs/super.c:1636

get_tree_bdev+0x37/0x50 fs/super.c:1659

jfs_get_tree+0x34/0x40 fs/jfs/super.c:635

vfs_get_tree+0xb1/0x5a0 fs/super.c:1814

do_new_mount+0x71f/0x15e0 fs/namespace.c:3560

path_mount+0x742/0x1f10 fs/namespace.c:3887

do_mount fs/namespace.c:3900 [inline]

__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4111 [inline]

__se_sys_mount+0x71f/0x800 fs/namespace.c:4088

__x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x150 fs/namespace.c:4088

x64_sys_call+0x39bf/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

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The reason is that imap is not properly initialized after memory

allocation. It will cause the snprintf() function to write uninitialized

data into linebuf within hex_dump_to_buffer().

Fix this by using kzalloc instead of kmalloc to clear its content at the

beginning in diMount().

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-37742 is classified as CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource. A resource is read before being initialised, so its contents are whatever was left there.

Affected software

CVE-2025-37742 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • kernel (from 6.14.0 up to 6.14.3)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.14 up to 6.14.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 May 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
lists.debian.org

CVE-2025-37742 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-908
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-05-01
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
kernel 6.14.0 6.14.3
linux-kernel 6.14 6.14.3

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