CVE-2025-68727 (GCVE-0-2025-68727)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-24 10:33
Modified
2025-12-24 10:33
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d
Version: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d
Version: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d
Version: 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d
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