Bug 2376104 (CVE-2025-38167) - CVE-2025-38167 kernel: fs/ntfs3: handle hdr_first_de() return value
Summary: CVE-2025-38167 kernel: fs/ntfs3: handle hdr_first_de() return value
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38167
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-07-03 09:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-07-03 13:13 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-03 09:05:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: handle hdr_first_de() return value

The hdr_first_de() function returns a pointer to a struct NTFS_DE. This
pointer may be NULL. To handle the NULL error effectively, it is important
to implement an error handler. This will help manage potential errors
consistently.

Additionally, error handling for the return value already exists at other
points where this function is called.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-07-03 13:11:20 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070341-CVE-2025-38167-535f@gregkh/T


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