PT-2025-51704 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
CVE-2025-68300
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Published
2025-11-22
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Updated
2026-04-06
CVSS v2.0
4.6
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A reference leak exists in the
grab requested mnt ns function within the fs/namespace component of the Linux kernel. The lookup mnt ns function already acquires a reference to mnt ns, making the additional reference taken by grab requested mnt ns unnecessary, resulting in a memory leak.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu