CVE-2025-68361 json
erofs: limit the level of fs stacking for file-backed mounts
published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-13 27 d ago also EUVD-2025-205093
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: limit the level of fs stacking for file-backed mounts
Otherwise, it could cause potential kernel stack overflow (e.g., EROFS mounting itself).
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19
- linux Debian 13 6.12.63-1
- linux Debian 14 6.17.13-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68361
- linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-19.19
- linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1009.9
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1009.9
- linux-azure Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1010.10
- linux-raspi Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1010.10
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-19.19.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1009.9
- linux-aws-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68361
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7
- kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-azure SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20555-1SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1SUSE-SU-2026:20615-1SUSE-SU-2026:20570-1
- kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.18.16-1.1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.26.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1openSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10039-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68361 updated cvss 4.7
kernel: Linux kernel (erofs): Kernel stack overflow due to excessive file system stacking
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-68361
- NVD CVE-2025-68361
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