CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68365

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.38%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the NTFS3 filesystem (ntfs3) does not initialize allocated memory before use. The __getname() function uses kmem_cache_alloc() without zeroing, leading to uninitialized values and potential security issues.

Risk Assessment

Uninitialized memory may contain sensitive data or cause unpredictable filesystem behavior, potentially leading to privilege escalation or information disclosure.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that changes kmem_cache_alloc() to kmem_cache_zalloc() to zero memory before use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use KMSAN reports: Multiple uninitialized values detected: - KMSAN: uninit-value in ntfs_read_hdr (3) - KMSAN: uninit-value in bcmp (3) Memory is allocated by __getname(), which is a wrapper for kmem_cache_alloc(). This memory is used before being properly cleared. Change kmem_cache_alloc() to kmem_cache_zalloc() to properly allocate and clear memory before use.

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