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High · 7.5 CVE-2025-71292 EUVD-2025-209683GHSA-469f-r242-gq7h

jfs: nlink overflow in jfs_rename

Published May 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

jfs: nlink overflow in jfs_rename

If nlink is maximal for a directory (-1) and inside that directory you
perform a rename for some child directory (not moving from the parent),
then the nlink of the first directory is first incremented and later
decremented. Normally this is fine, but when nlink = -1 this causes a
wrap around to 0, and then drop_nlink issues a warning.

After applying the patch syzbot no longer issues any warnings. I also
ran some basic fs tests to look for any regressions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.12 5.10.252

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.19.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.85-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.170-1 —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1026.30 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1096.98 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-134.134 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1060.63 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1063.71 USN-8606-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1062.69 USN-8607-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1063.69 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1058.64 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1045.48 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1060.61 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-134.134.1 USN-8497-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1058.61 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1058.61.1 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1029.30 USN-8498-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1057.58 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1060.64 USN-8492-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1032.33 USN-8499-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-186.196 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1112.119 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure +1 5.15.0-1117.126 USN-8610-1, USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1 USN-8606-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1 USN-8609-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1112.122 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1108.114 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1095.103 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1 USN-8619-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1106.110 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1107.113 USN-8620-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1104.109 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-184.194 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1 USN-8497-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1107.108 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1064.66 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1053.53 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1109.115 USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1 USN-8492-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1106.109 USN-8668-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-134.134~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1075.79 USN-8575-1
Show 18 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2049.50 USN-8492-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1055.56 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1104.106 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1111.120 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1 USN-8492-5
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-134.134+fips1 USN-8492-5
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1063.69+fips1 USN-8492-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1 USN-8620-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-186.196+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1 USN-8668-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1 USN-8597-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1 USN-8576-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —

Advisories 26

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