CVE-2025-68778 — Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux
Severity
6.4MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 88.46%
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:
btrfs: don't log conflicting inode if it's a dir moved in the current transaction
We can't log a conflicting inode if it's a directory and it was moved
from one parent directory to another parent directory in the current
transaction, as this can result an attempt to have a directory with
two hard links during log replay, one for the old parent directory and
another for the new parent directory.
The following scenario triggers…
Affected Packages15 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2025-68778: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: don't log conflicting inode if it's a dir moved in the current transaction↗2026-01-13
GHSA▶
GHSA-g468-fxhj-fm89: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: don't log conflicting inode if it's a dir moved in the current transaction↗2026-01-13