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GHSA-C243-X575-HCMP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-24 12:30 – Updated: 2025-12-24 12:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()

Fix uninit errors caused after buffer allocation given to 'de'; by initializing the buffer with zeroes. The fix was found by using KMSAN.

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CVE-2025-68727 (GCVE-0-2025-68727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 10:33 – Updated: 2025-12-24 10:33

Title

ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname() Fix uninit errors caused after buffer allocation given to 'de'; by initializing the buffer with zeroes. The fix was found by using KMSAN.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1fd82848fdf0e01…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88d4b455b6794f48…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40a4eb4a0543d496…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9948dcb2f7b5a1bf8…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d , < 4b1fd82848fdf0e01b3320815b261006c1722c3e (git)
Affected: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d , < d88d4b455b6794f48d7adad52593f1700c7bd50e (git)
Affected: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d , < b40a4eb4a0543d49686a6e693745009dac3b86a9 (git)
Affected: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d , < 9948dcb2f7b5a1bf8e8710eafaf6016e00be3ad6 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.63 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17.13 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.2 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-C243-X575-HCMP

CVE-2025-68727 (GCVE-0-2025-68727)

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