Bug 2424856 (CVE-2025-68728) - CVE-2025-68728 kernel: ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new
Summary: CVE-2025-68728 kernel: ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_fo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-68728
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: 2026-06-29 18:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 11:01:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new

Fix a KMSAN un-init bug found by syzkaller.

ntfs_get_bh() expects a buffer from sb_getblk(), that buffer may not be
uptodate. We do not bring the buffer uptodate before setting it as
uptodate. If the buffer were to not be uptodate, it could mean adding a
buffer with un-init data to the mi record. Attempting to load that record
will trigger KMSAN.

Avoid this by setting the buffer as uptodate, if it’s not already, by
overwriting it.


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