CVE-2025-68300

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/namespace: fix reference leak in grab_requested_mnt_ns lookup_mnt_ns() already takes a reference on mnt_ns. grab_requested_mnt_ns() doesn't need to take an extra reference.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe256e59b8e7f126b2464ee32bd9fee131f0a883

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b6dcd9bfd869eee7693e45b1817dac8c56e5f86

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a16b2a0c1f033f95f5d0b98b9e40e8bf7c4c2c5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-16

Updated: 2025-12-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017