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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Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-28T11:48:37.034Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.159Z

Link: CVE-2025-40067

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-28T12:15:41.167

Modified: 2025-10-28T12:15:41.167

Link: CVE-2025-40067

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