CVE-2025-68251Infinite Loop in Linux

CWE-835Infinite Loop16 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateFeb 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loops due to corrupted subpage compact indexes Robert reported an infinite loop observed by two crafted images. The root cause is that `clusterofs` can be larger than `lclustersize` for !NONHEAD `lclusters` in corrupted subpage compact indexes, e.g.: blocksize = lclustersize = 512 lcn = 6 clusterofs = 515 Move the corresponding check for full compress indexes to `z_erofs_load_lcluster_from_disk()` to a

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.8.06.17.6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.17.6-1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.17.0-14.14
CVEListV5linux/linux8d2517aaeea3ab8651bb517bca8f3c8664d318ea8675447a8794983f2b7e694b378112772c17635e+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
OSV
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OSV
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities2026-02-17
OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities2026-02-17
OSV
linux-gcp vulnerabilities2026-02-12
OSV
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2026-02-12

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2026-02-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2026-02-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2026-02-12
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel (erofs): Denial of Service via corrupted subpage compact indexes2025-12-16

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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