CVE-2025-68365

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 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-908

Published

2025-12-24

Modified

2026-10-13

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

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

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