UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68212
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Fix uninitialized 'offp' in statmount_string() In statmount_string(), most flags assign an output offset pointer (offp) which is later updated with the string offset. However, the STATMOUNT_MNT_UIDMAP and STATMOUNT_MNT_GIDMAP cases directly set the struct fields instead of using offp. This leaves offp uninitialized, leading to a possible uninitialized dereference when *offp is updated. Fix it by assigning offp for UIDMAP and GIDMAP as well, keeping the code path consistent.
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Fix uninitialized 'offp' in statmount_string() In statmount_string(), most flags assign an output offset pointer (offp) which is later updated with the string offset. However, the STATMOUNT_MNT_UIDMAP and STATMOUNT_MNT_GIDMAP cases directly set the struct fields instead of using offp. This leaves offp uninitialized, leading to a possible uninitialized dereference when *offp is updated. Fix it by assigning offp for UIDMAP and GIDMAP as well, keeping the code path consistent.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/0778ac7df5137d5041783fadfc201f8fd55a1d9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0778ac7df5137d5041783fadfc201f8fd55a1d9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acfde9400e611c8d2668f1c70053c4a1d6ecfc36
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68212
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8152-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68212