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ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.6.120
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-68727
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 01:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Dec 2025, 10:33 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-68727
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2
Complete source record
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