CVE-2025-40067 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-40067

fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist Index allocation requires at least one bit in the $BITMAP attribute to track usage of index entries. If the bitmap is empty while index blocks are already present, this reflects on-disk corruption. syzbot triggered this condition using a malformed NTFS image. During a rename() operation involving a long filename (which spans multiple index entries), the empty bitmap allowed the name to be added without valid tracking. Subsequent deletion of the original entry failed with -ENOENT, due to unexpected index state. Reject such cases by verifying that the bitmap is not empty when index blocks exist.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
b35a50d639ca5259466ef5fea85529bb4fb17d5b, 3ed2cc6a6e93fbeb8c0cafce1e7fb1f64a331dcc, d99208b91933fd2a58ed9ed321af07dacd06ddc3, 358d4f821c03add421a4c49290538a705852ccf1, a285395020780adac1ffbc844069c3d700bf007a, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.17, 0, 6.6.112, 6.12.53, 6.17.3, 6.18

Timeline

Official Publish: October 28th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.