CVE-2025-68774 — Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 83.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 13
Latest updateApr 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create
When sync() and link() are called concurrently, both threads may
enter hfs_bnode_find() without finding the node in the hash table
and proceed to create it.
Thread A:
hfsplus_write_inode()
-> hfsplus_write_system_inode()
-> hfs_btree_write()
-> hfs_bnode_find(tree, 0)
-> __hfs_bnode_create(tree, 0)
Thread B:
hfsplus_create_cat()
-> hfs_brec_insert()
-> hfs_bnode_spli…
Affected Packages16 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — 3b0fc7af50b896d0f3d104e70787ba1973bc0b56+7
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17