CVE-2025-68300

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68300
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68300.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-68300
Downstream
Published
2025-12-16T15:06:18.941Z
Modified
2026-03-10T21:53:35.347225Z
Summary
fs/namespace: fix reference leak in grab_requested_mnt_ns
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/namespace: fix reference leak in grabrequestedmnt_ns

lookupmntns() already takes a reference on mntns. grabrequestedmntns() doesn't need to take an extra reference.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68300.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
ba306daa7fa8ae0be5d64c215e9d43a88b4bc8bf
Fixed
4a16b2a0c1f033f95f5d0b98b9e40e8bf7c4c2c5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8ff97ade912dcfc5ac1783c4b8d615aacd26fd17
Fixed
fe256e59b8e7f126b2464ee32bd9fee131f0a883
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
78f0e33cd6c939a555aa80dbed2fec6b333a7660
Fixed
7b6dcd9bfd869eee7693e45b1817dac8c56e5f86

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.12.59
v6.12.60
v6.17.10
v6.17.9
v6.18-rc2
v6.18-rc3
v6.18-rc4
v6.18-rc5
v6.18-rc6
v6.18-rc7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68300.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.12.59
Fixed
6.12.61
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.17.9
Fixed
6.17.11

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68300.json"