CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68212

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's statmount_string() function, an uninitialized 'offp' pointer exists for STATMOUNT_MNT_UIDMAP and STATMOUNT_MNT_GIDMAP flags, which can lead to dereferencing uninitialized memory.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential system crashes or unpredictable behavior due to use of uninitialized memory.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-68212.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Fix uninitialized 'offp' in statmount_string() In statmount_string(), most flags assign an output offset pointer (offp) which is later updated with the string offset. However, the STATMOUNT_MNT_UIDMAP and STATMOUNT_MNT_GIDMAP cases directly set the struct fields instead of using offp. This leaves offp uninitialized, leading to a possible uninitialized dereference when *offp is updated. Fix it by assigning offp for UIDMAP and GIDMAP as well, keeping the code path consistent.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS