# CVE-2020-25578: In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r368969, 11.4-STABLE before r369047, 12.2-RELEASE before p3, 12.1-RELEASE before p13 and 11.4-RELEASE before p

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2021-03-26 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a FreeBSD: version range not reported

## Description

In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r368969, 11.4-STABLE before r369047, 12.2-RELEASE before p3, 12.1-RELEASE before p13 and 11.4-RELEASE before p7 several file systems were not properly initializing the d_off field of the dirent structures returned by VOP_READDIR. In particular, tmpfs(5), smbfs(5), autofs(5) and mqueuefs(5) were failing to do so. As a result, eight uninitialized kernel stack bytes may be leaked to userspace by these file systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a FreeBSD, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-21:01.fsdisclosure.asc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0002/
- https://github.com/farazsth98/freebsd-dirent-info-leak-bugs

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