{"cve":"CVE-2025-68369","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T11:16:00.470","modified":"2026-10-13T11:10:00.203","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs3: init run lock for extend inode\n\nAfter setting the inode mode of $Extend to a regular file, executing the\ntruncate system call will enter the do_truncate() routine, causing the\nrun_lock uninitialized error reported by syzbot.\n\nPrior to patch 4e8011ffec79, if the inode mode of $Extend was not set to\na regular file, the do_truncate() routine would not be entered.\n\nAdd the run_lock initialization when loading $Extend.\n\nsyzbot reported:\nINFO: trying to register non-static key.\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n assign_lock_key+0x133/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:984\n register_lock_class+0x105/0x320 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1299\n __lock_acquire+0x99/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5112\n lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868\n down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590\n ntfs_set_size+0x140/0x200 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:860\n ntfs_extend+0x1d9/0x970 fs/ntfs3/file.c:387\n ntfs_setattr+0x2e8/0xbe0 fs/ntfs3/file.c:808","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/19164d8228317f3f1fe2662a9ba587cfe3b2d29e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/433d1f7c628c3cbdd7efce064d6c7acd072cf6c4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e17555728bc469d484c59db4a0abc65c19bc315","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79c8a77b1782e2ace96d063be3c41ba540d1e20a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/907bf69c6b6ce5d038eec7a599d67b45b62624bc"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68369","score":0.00455,"percentile":0.39231,"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."]}