CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40067

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the NTFS3 driver lacks validation of the $BITMAP bitmap during index allocation. If the bitmap is empty while index blocks exist, on-disk corruption may occur.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit a crafted NTFS image to cause filesystem inconsistency, potentially leading to data loss or denial of service.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that rejects index allocation when the bitmap is empty but index blocks exist.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist Index allocation requires at least one bit in the $BITMAP attribute to track usage of index entries. If the bitmap is empty while index blocks are already present, this reflects on-disk corruption. syzbot triggered this condition using a malformed NTFS image. During a rename() operation involving a long filename (which spans multiple index entries), the empty bitmap allowed the name to be added without valid tracking. Subsequent deletion of the original entry failed with -ENOENT, due to unexpected index state. Reject such cases by verifying that the bitmap is not empty when index blocks exist.

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