CVE-2025-40068 | fs: ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in run_unpack()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in run_unpack() The MFT record relative to the file being opened contains its runlist, an array containing information about the file's location on the physical disk. Analysis of all Call Stack paths showed that the values of the runlist array, from which LCNs are calculated, are not validated before run_unpack function. The run_unpack function decodes the compressed runlist data format from MFT attributes (for example, $DATA), converting them into a runs_tree structure, which describes the mapping of virtual clusters (VCN) to logical clusters (LCN). The NTFS3 subsystem also has a shortcut for deleting files from MFT records - in this case, the RUN_DEALLOCATE command is sent to the run_unpack input, and the function logic provides that all data transferred to the runlist about file or directory is deleted without creating a runs_tree structure. Substituting the runlist in the $DATA attribute of the MFT record for an arbitrary file can lead either to access to arbitrary data on the disk bypassing access checks to them (since the inode access check occurs above) or to destruction of arbitrary data on the disk. Add overflow check for addition operation. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Published: 2025-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40068 is rated Low Risk (17.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40068

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-15 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-05-12 0.06% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2026-04-07 0.06%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40068

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40068

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40068

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-40068 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40068
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40068
suse medium CVE-2025-40068 severity moderate: SUSE including 30 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 273 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (54 product lines)): Known Not Affected 269, Fixed 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40068/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40068 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 177, released 158, not-affected 49, needed 8, pending 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40068

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40068

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References for CVE-2025-40068

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