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CVE-2025-68728

kernel: ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new

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Severity

Unknown

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CVSS

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Published · December 24, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new

Fix a KMSAN un-init bug found by syzkaller.

ntfs_get_bh() expects a buffer from sb_getblk(), that buffer may not be uptodate. We do not bring the buffer uptodate before setting it as uptodate. If the buffer were to not be uptodate, it could mean adding a buffer with un-init data to the mi record. Attempting to load that record will trigger KMSAN.

Avoid this by setting the buffer as uptodate, if it’s not already, by overwriting it.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified