CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68351

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

A refcount leak in the exfat_find function of the Linux kernel's exFAT filesystem has been fixed. exfat_get_dentry_set increments the es->bh reference counter, and failing to call exfat_put_dentry_set causes refcount inconsistency.

Risk Assessment

A refcount leak can lead to resource exhaustion or system instability during exFAT filesystem operations. This may result in denial of service or kernel errors.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Avoid mounting untrusted exFAT images until the update is applied.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find Fix refcount leaks in `exfat_find` related to `exfat_get_dentry_set`. Function `exfat_get_dentry_set` would increase the reference counter of `es->bh` on success. Therefore, `exfat_put_dentry_set` must be called after `exfat_get_dentry_set` to ensure refcount consistency. This patch relocate two checks to avoid possible leaks.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS