CVE-2025-48768

Description

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability was discovered in fs/inode/fs_inoderemove code of the Apache NuttX RTOS that allowed root filesystem inode removal leading to a debug assert trigger (that is disabled by default), NULL pointer dereference (handled differently depending on the target architecture), or in general, a Denial of Service. This issue affects Apache NuttX RTOS: from 10.0.0 before 12.10.0. Users of filesystem based services with write access that were exposed over the network (i.e. FTP) are affected and recommended to upgrade to version 12.10.0 that fixes the issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-26 | Published 2026-01-01 | Updated 2026-01-05 | Assigner apache

Problem types

CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Product status

Credits

Liu, Richard Jiayang <rjliu3@illinois.edu> finder

Liu, Richard Jiayang <rjliu3@illinois.edu> remediation developer

Alan Carvalho de Assis <acassis@apache.org> remediation reviewer

Tomek CEDRO <cederom@apache.org> coordinator

Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang@apache.org> remediation reviewer

Jiuzhu Dong <jiuzhudong@apache.org> remediation reviewer

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/31/10

github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/16437 patch

lists.apache.org/thread/nwo1kd08b7t3dyz082q2pghdxwvxwyvo vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-48768)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48768)

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