High 8.2Published Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2025-68365fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:00 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 8.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 before bdf38063fd15f2fc7361dc0b5d3c259741eab835; from 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 before a58e29849aef8d26554a982989a2190b49aaf8ed; 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 builds before 7d52c592cf53f5bb7163967edc01d2d7d80de44a; from 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 before f7728057220cabd720e27e46097edad48e5bd728; from 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 before 192e8ce302f14ac66259231dd10cede19858d742; from 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 before a8a3ca23bbd9d849308a7921a049330dc6c91398	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.15 before 5.15.199; from 5.16 before 6.1.162; from 6.2 before 6.6.122; from 6.7 before 6.12.68; from 6.13 before 6.18.2	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf38063fd15f2fc7361dc0b5d3c259741eab835	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58e29849aef8d26554a982989a2190b49aaf8ed	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d52c592cf53f5bb7163967edc01d2d7d80de44a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7728057220cabd720e27e46097edad48e5bd728	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/192e8ce302f14ac66259231dd10cede19858d742	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a3ca23bbd9d849308a7921a049330dc6c91398	patch

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