Bug 2424862 (CVE-2025-68727) - CVE-2025-68727 kernel: ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()
Summary: CVE-2025-68727 kernel: ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-68727
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 11:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-24 13:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 11:01:50 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Vipul Nair 2025-12-24 13:26:34 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122405-CVE-2025-68727-8481@gregkh/T
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