Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-68369ntfs3: init run lock for extend inode

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: init run lock for extend inode After setting the inode mode of $Extend to a regular file, executing the truncate system call will enter the do_truncate() routine, causing the run_lock uninitialized error reported by syzbot. Prior to patch 4e8011ffec79, if the inode mode of $Extend was not set to a regular file, the do_truncate() routine would not be entered. Add the run_lock initialization when loading $Extend. syzbot reported: INFO: trying to register non-static key. Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 assign_lock_key+0x133/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:984 register_lock_class+0x105/0x320 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1299 __lock_acquire+0x99/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5112 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590 ntfs_set_size+0x140/0x200 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:860 ntfs_extend+0x1d9/0x970 fs/ntfs3/file.c:387 ntfs_setattr+0x2e8/0xbe0 fs/ntfs3/file.c:808

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.162-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68369
Debian:14linux6.17.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-19.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60USN-8258-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1USN-8440-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1USN-8179-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-19.19~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1USN-8185-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22USN-8265-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-19.19.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.176.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68369

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 63eb6730ce0604d3eacf036c2f68ea70b068317c – before 79c8a77b1782e2ace96d063be3c41ba540d1e20a78d46f5276ed3589aaaa435580068c5b62efc921 – before 433d1f7c628c3cbdd7efce064d6c7acd072cf6c417249b2a65274f73ed68bcd1604e08a60fd8a278 – before 907bf69c6b6ce5d038eec7a599d67b45b62624bc37f65e68ba9852dc51c78dbb54a9881c3f0fe4f7 – before 6e17555728bc469d484c59db4a0abc65c19bc31557534db1bbc4ca772393bb7d92e69d5e7b9051cf – before 19164d8228317f3f1fe2662a9ba587cfe3b2d29e4e8011ffec79717e5fdac43a7e79faf811a384b7 – before ab5e8ebeee1caa4fcf8be7d8d62c0a71654690764e8011ffec79717e5fdac43a7e79faf811a384b7 – before be99c62ac7e7af514e4b13f83c891a3cccefaa485.15.197 – before 5.15.198
Linux Linux 6.18

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