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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38707

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry

Published Sep 4, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 19, 2026 · Linux Linux

Check this week

CVE-2025-38707 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 17.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
17.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel · vendor Linux Linux 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d9

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry size.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe debian/debian linux11.0
  • cpe linux/linux kernelversion unspecified
  • vendor Linux Linux 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d94534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d9

How to fix CVE-2025-38707

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-38707 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 17.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; Linux Linux 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d9 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <3572737a768dadea904ebc4eb34b6ed575bb72d9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 17.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 4, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry size.

  2. Oct 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry size.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38707

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26762

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry size.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38707

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name The length of the file name should be smaller than the directory entry size.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 19, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.