Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38707
Published: September 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114837
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38707
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the ntfs_dir_emit() function in fs/ntfs3/dir.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38707
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ee9a42b245efe6529e28b03453291a775cb3e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac47f738ddfc1957a33be163bc97ee8f78e85a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51642fc52d1c7243a9361555d5c4b24d7569d7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bde58c1539f3ffddffc94d64007de16964e6b8eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e841ecb139339602bc1853f5f09daa5d1ea920a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99eb9a641f4ef927d8724f4966dcfd1f0e9f835