CVE-2025-11568 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-11568: Luksmeta: data corruption when handling luks1 partitions with luksmeta

Vendor Latchset
Product luksmeta
Weakness CWE-1284
Published October 15, 2025
Last update June 29, 2026

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A data corruption vulnerability has been identified in the luksmeta utility when used with the LUKS1 disk encryption format. An attacker with the necessary permissions can exploit this flaw by writing a large amount of metadata to an encrypted device. The utility fails to correctly validate the available space, causing the metadata to overwrite and corrupt the user's encrypted data. This action leads to a permanent loss of the stored information. Devices using the LUKS formats other than LUKS1 are not affected by this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 15, 2025 CVE published
June 29, 2026 Record updated