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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40307

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40307 PUBLISHED

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: validate cluster allocation bits of the allocation bitmap syzbot created an exfat image with cluster bits not set for the allocation bitmap. exfat-fs reads and uses the allocation bitmap without checking this. The problem is that if the start cluster of the allocation bitmap is 6, cluster 6 can be allocated when creating a directory with mkdir. exfat zeros out this cluster in exfat_mkdir, which can delete existing entries. This can reallocate the allocated entries. In addition, the allocation bitmap is also zeroed out, so cluster 6 can be reallocated. This patch adds exfat_test_bitmap_range to validate that clusters used for the allocation bitmap are correctly marked as in-use.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.63-1, 6.12.57-1
Debian:11linux6.18.5-1, 6.10.11-1, 6.10.12-1
Debian:14linux6.12.73-1, 6.12.73-1, 6.12.74-1
Debian:12linux*, 6.12.43-1, 6.12.5-1

Timeline

  • Dec 8, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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