{"id":"CVE-2025-38701","summary":"ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr\n\nA syzbot fuzzed image triggered a BUG_ON in ext4_update_inline_data()\nwhen an inode had the INLINE_DATA_FL flag set but was missing the\nsystem.data extended attribute.\n\nSince this can happen due to a maiciouly fuzzed file system, we\nshouldn't BUG, but rather, report it as a corrupted file system.\n\nAdd similar replacements of BUG_ON with EXT4_ERROR_INODE() ii\next4_create_inline_data() and ext4_inline_data_truncate().","modified":"2026-04-16T00:04:51.017115871Z","published":"2025-09-04T15:32:53.071Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03601-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20898-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1","SUSE-SU-2025:3725-1","SUSE-SU-2025:3751-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38701.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099b847ccc6c1ad2f805d13cfbcc83f5b6d4bc42"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1199a6399895f4767f0b9a68a6ff47c3f799b7c7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/279c87ef7b9da34f65c2e4db586e730b667a6fb9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2817ac83cb4732597bf36853fe13ca616f4ee4e2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f322c12df7aeed1755acd3c6fab48c7807795fb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8085a7324d8ec448c4a764af7853e19bbd64e17a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e7e2e7ba07e7c8cdce43ccad2f91adbc5a919c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a6f89d42e61788605722dd9faf98797c958a7e5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d960f4b793912f35e9d72bd9d1e90553063fcbf1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38701.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38701"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947"},{"fixed":"8085a7324d8ec448c4a764af7853e19bbd64e17a"},{"fixed":"1199a6399895f4767f0b9a68a6ff47c3f799b7c7"},{"fixed":"7f322c12df7aeed1755acd3c6fab48c7807795fb"},{"fixed":"2817ac83cb4732597bf36853fe13ca616f4ee4e2"},{"fixed":"d960f4b793912f35e9d72bd9d1e90553063fcbf1"},{"fixed":"81e7e2e7ba07e7c8cdce43ccad2f91adbc5a919c"},{"fixed":"279c87ef7b9da34f65c2e4db586e730b667a6fb9"},{"fixed":"8a6f89d42e61788605722dd9faf98797c958a7e5"},{"fixed":"099b847ccc6c1ad2f805d13cfbcc83f5b6d4bc42"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38701.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}