Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2025· Updated Feb 9, 2026
fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use
CVE-2025-68365
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.15
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/192e8ce302f14ac66259231dd10cede19858d742mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d52c592cf53f5bb7163967edc01d2d7d80de44amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58e29849aef8d26554a982989a2190b49aaf8edmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a3ca23bbd9d849308a7921a049330dc6c91398mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf38063fd15f2fc7361dc0b5d3c259741eab835mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7728057220cabd720e27e46097edad48e5bd728mitre
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