Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-uek-tools package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.345.5.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLS-10762895
  • published16 Jul 2025
  • disclosed9 May 2025

Introduced: 9 May 2025

CVE-2025-37858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools to version 0:5.4.17-2136.345.5.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20471.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-tools package and not the kernel-uek-tools package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation

The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 << l2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with >2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior and improper AG sizing.

On 32-bit architectures:

  • Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow
  • This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in sbi->bmap->db_agsize
  • Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures
  • Could lead to:
    • Filesystem corruption during extend operations
    • Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses
    • Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures

Fix by casting to s64 before shifting: bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize;

This ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast matches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in JFS block calculation code.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Base Scores

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