Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-68300

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/namespace: fix reference leak in grab_requested_mnt_ns lookup_mnt_ns() already takes a reference on mnt_ns. grab_requested_mnt_ns() doesn't need to take an extra reference.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-68300: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions ba306daa7fa8ae0be5d64c215e9d43a88b4bc8bf, 8ff97ade912dcfc5ac1783c4b8d615aacd26fd17, 78f0e33cd6c939a555aa80dbed2fec6b333a7660

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