CVE-2025-68351 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-68351

exfat: fix refcount leak in exfat_find

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
92075758782c5edb4c67d0da9e47586a624c22f7, 13940cef95491472760ca261b6713692ece9b946, 0c8a1d2afd0dce0ea9257ab8c2271d8db6cb575d, 6c627bcc1896ba62ec793d0c00da74f3c93ce3ad, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14, 0, 6.12.68, 6.18.2, 6.19

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2025
Last Modified: May 27th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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