CVE-2024-58095: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: add check read-only before txBeginAnon() call Added a read-only check before calling `txBeginAnon` in `extAlloc` and `extRecord`. This prevents modification attempts on a read-only mounted filesystem, avoiding potential errors or crashes. Call trace: txBeginAnon+0xac/0x154 extAlloc+0xe8/0xdec fs/jfs/jfs_extent.c:78 jfs_get_block+0x340/0xb98 fs/jfs/inode.c:248 __block_write_begin_int+0x580/0x166c fs/buffer.c:2128 __block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2177 [inline] block_write_begin+0x98/0x11c fs/buffer.c:2236 jfs_write_begin+0x44/0x88 fs/jfs/inode.c:299

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.13, before 6.14.2 (fixed in 6.14.2); version 2.6.12 only

Published 2025-04-16. Last modified 2026-09-02.