Bug 2424872 (CVE-2025-68365) - CVE-2025-68365 kernel: fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use
Summary: CVE-2025-68365 kernel: fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-68365
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 11:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 18:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 11:02:39 UTC
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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