Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the new buffer was not zeroed before writing Before writing, if a buffer_head marked as new, its data must be zeroed, otherwise uninitialized data in the page cache will be written. So this commit uses folio_zero_new_buffers() to zero the new buffers before ->write_end().
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-824
Status
published
Products (3)
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.12.10linux
linux/linux_kernel
6.13 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.12 - 6.12.10
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026