{"cve":"CVE-2025-68261","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T15:15:55.547","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:10.843","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: add i_data_sem protection in ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock()\n\nFix a race between inline data destruction and block mapping.\n\nThe function ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock() changes the inode data\nlayout by clearing EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA and setting EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS.\nAt the same time, another thread may execute ext4_map_blocks(), which\ntests EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS to decide whether to call ext4_ext_map_blocks()\nor ext4_ind_map_blocks().\n\nWithout i_data_sem protection, ext4_ind_map_blocks() may receive inode\nwith EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS flag and triggering assert.\n\nkernel BUG at fs/ext4/indirect.c:546!\nEXT4-fs (loop2): unmounting filesystem.\ninvalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:ext4_ind_map_blocks.cold+0x2b/0x5a fs/ext4/indirect.c:546\n\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ext4_map_blocks+0xb9b/0x16f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:681\n _ext4_get_block+0x242/0x590 fs/ext4/inode.c:822\n ext4_block_write_begin+0x48b/0x12c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:1124\n ext4_write_begin+0x598/0xef0 fs/ext4/inode.c:1255\n ext4_da_write_begin+0x21e/0x9c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:3000\n generic_perform_write+0x259/0x5d0 mm/filemap.c:3846\n ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x15b/0x470 fs/ext4/file.c:285\n ext4_file_write_iter+0x8e0/0x17f0 fs/ext4/file.c:679\n call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2271 [inline]\n do_iter_readv_writev+0x212/0x3c0 fs/read_write.c:735\n do_iter_write+0x186/0x710 fs/read_write.c:861\n vfs_iter_write+0x70/0xa0 fs/read_write.c:902\n iter_file_splice_write+0x73b/0xc90 fs/splice.c:685\n do_splice_from fs/splice.c:763 [inline]\n direct_splice_actor+0x10f/0x170 fs/splice.c:950\n splice_direct_to_actor+0x33a/0xa10 fs/splice.c:896\n do_splice_direct+0x1a9/0x280 fs/splice.c:1002\n do_sendfile+0xb13/0x12c0 fs/read_write.c:1255\n __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1323 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1309 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x1cf/0x210 fs/read_write.c:1309\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd8feea8777f8d9b9a862b89c688b049a5c8475","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144c48da33a01d92995aeccd8208eb47d2a8e659","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a76b0861ae61a299c8e126c1aca8c4fda820fd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b266cf6851ce72b11b067fe02adf5a8687104ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cad18e527ba8a9ca5463cc170073eeb5a4826f4"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68261","score":0.00552,"percentile":0.45852,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}