Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-68727

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.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-68727: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 78ab59fee07f22464f32eafebab2bd97ba94ff2d, 5.15, 0

References