CVE-2025-40198 (GCVE-0-2025-40198)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-12 21:56
Modified
2026-08-05 12:08
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure s_mount_opts is NUL terminated. Harden parse_apply_sb_mount_options() by treating s_mount_opts as a potential __nonstring.
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Linux Linux Version: 8b67f04ab9de5d8f3a71aef72bf02c995a506db5
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Version: 8b67f04ab9de5d8f3a71aef72bf02c995a506db5
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Version: 8b67f04ab9de5d8f3a71aef72bf02c995a506db5
Version: 8b67f04ab9de5d8f3a71aef72bf02c995a506db5
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