CVE-2025-37863

EUVD-2025-14127
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovl: don't allow datadir only

In theory overlayfs could support upper layer directly referring to a data
layer, but there's no current use case for this.

Originally, when data-only layers were introduced, this wasn't allowed,
only introduced by the "datadir+" feature, but without actually handling
this case, resulting in an Oops.

Fix by disallowing datadir without lowerdir.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 12%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.6.23 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.88
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.25
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.14.4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.176-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.259-1
fixed
forky
7.0.13-1
fixed
sid
7.1.3-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
bpftool
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-libbpf
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-libbpf-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-libbpf-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-libbpf-static
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.12.25-32.101
Amazon Linux 2023
0:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-modules-extra-common
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-tools
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-modules-extra
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:6.12.25-32.101.amzn2023
fixed