fs/ntfs3: Initialize new folios before use
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Initialize new folios before use KMSAN reports an uninitialized value in longest_match_std(), invoked from ntfs_compress_write(). When new folios are allocated without being marked uptodate and ni_read_frame() is skipped because the caller expects the frame to be completely overwritten, some reserved folios may remain only partially filled, leaving the rest memory uninitialized.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-71311
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 05:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
fs/ntfs3: Initialize new folios before use
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 27 May 2026, 12:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Initialize new folios before use KMSAN reports an uninitialized value in longest_match_std(), invoked from ntfs_compress_write(). When new folios are allocated without being marked uptodate and ni_read_frame() is skipped because the caller expects the frame to be completely overwritten, some reserved folios may remain only partially filled, leaving the rest memory uninitialized.
osv:CVE-2025-71311
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4
Complete source record
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