exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size
We found an infinite loop bug in the exFAT file system that can lead to a
Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. When a dentry in an exFAT filesystem is
malformed, the following system calls — SYS_openat, SYS_ftruncate, and
SYS_pwrite64 — can cause the kernel to hang.
Root cause analysis shows that the size validation code in exfat_find()
does not check whether dentry.stream.valid_size is negative. As a result,
the system calls mentioned above can succeed and eventually trigger the DoS
issue.
This patch adds a check for negative dentry.stream.valid_size to prevent
this vulnerability.
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No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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USN-8029-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8030-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8029-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8048-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8029-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8095-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8095-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8100-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8095-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8095-4 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8125-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8126-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8095-5 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8165-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8261-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size We found an infinite loop bug in the exFAT file system that can lead to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. When a dentry in an exFAT filesystem is malformed, the following system calls — SYS_openat, SYS_ftruncate, and SYS_pwrite64 — can cause the kernel to hang. Root cause analysis shows that the size validation code in exfat_find() does not check whether dentry.stream.valid_size is negative. As a result, the system calls mentioned above can succeed and eventually trigger the DoS issue. This patch adds a check for negative dentry.stream.valid_size to prevent this vulnerability. | |
| Title | exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:46:25.955Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.184Z
Link: CVE-2025-40287
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-12-06T22:15:56.927
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-40287
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