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.
                
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                    Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist | |
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-28T11:48:37.034Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.159Z
Link: CVE-2025-40067
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-28T12:15:41.167
Modified: 2025-10-30T15:05:32.197
Link: CVE-2025-40067
 Redhat
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