CVE-2025-68350: exfat: fix divide-by-zero in exfat_allocate_bitmap

Severity: unknown
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-24 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix divide-by-zero in exfat_allocate_bitmap The variable max_ra_count can be 0 in exfat_allocate_bitmap(), which causes a divide-by-zero error in the subsequent modulo operation (i % max_ra_count), leading to a system crash. When max_ra_count is 0, it means that readahead is not used. This patch load the bitmap without readahead.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 6.18 — fixed in 6.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fc3dd6e631b3e2975f898c6c2b6bc6f7058b44
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d70a5804c563b5e34825353ba9927509df709651

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