CVE-2025-68297Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

Severity
7.2HIGHOSV
OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix crash in process_v2_sparse_read() for encrypted directories The crash in process_v2_sparse_read() for fscrypt-encrypted directories has been reported. Issue takes place for Ceph msgr2 protocol in secure mode. It can be reproduced by the steps: sudo mount -t ceph :/ /mnt/cephfs/ -o name=admin,fs=cephfs,ms_mode=secure (1) mkdir /mnt/cephfs/fscrypt-test-3 (2) cp area_decrypted.tar /mnt/cephfs/fscrypt-test-3 (3) fscryp

Affected Packages6 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.7.06.12.61+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.63-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxda9c33a70f095d5d55c36d0bfeba969e31de08ae5a3f3e39b18705bc578fae58abacc8ef93c15194+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
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