CVE-2025-68727 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1fd82848fdf0e01b3320815b261006c1722c3e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9948dcb2f7b5a1bf8e8710eafaf6016e00be3ad6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40a4eb4a0543d49686a6e693745009dac3b86a9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88d4b455b6794f48d7adad52593f1700c7bd50e

History

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1fd82848fdf0e01b3320815b261006c1722c3e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9948dcb2f7b5a1bf8e8710eafaf6016e00be3ad6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40a4eb4a0543d49686a6e693745009dac3b86a9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88d4b455b6794f48d7adad52593f1700c7bd50e

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-24T10:33:11.085Z

Updated: 2025-12-24T10:33:11.085Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:30:51.028Z

Link: CVE-2025-68727

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-24T11:16:02.000

Modified: 2025-12-24T11:16:02.000

Link: CVE-2025-68727

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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