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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0032 25.0 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – — Linux 2.6.12 – 5.10.252
TIMELINE May 6 Reserved by Linux May 6 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-71292 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 6, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-71292 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-71292 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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