CVE-2025-38663 Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.16.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-13007609
  • published23 Sept 2025
  • disclosed22 Sept 2025

Introduced: 22 Sep 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-default-livepatch to version 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes

To prevent inodes with invalid file types from tripping through the vfs and causing malfunctions or assertion failures, add a missing sanity check when reading an inode from a block device. If the file type is not valid, treat it as a filesystem error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1