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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-68251"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-12-16T14:32:17.979Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:38:08.014Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68251"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68251.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68251"
title: "erofs: avoid infinite loops due to corrupted subpage compact indexes"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: avoid infinite loops due to corrupted subpage compact indexes\n\nRobert reported an infinite loop observed by two crafted images.\n\nThe root cause is that `clusterofs` can be larger than `lclustersize`\nfor !NONHEAD `lclusters` in corrupted subpage compact indexes, e.g.:\n\n  blocksize = lclustersize = 512   lcn = 6   clusterofs = 515\n\nMove the corresponding check for full compress indexes to\n`z_erofs_load_lcluster_from_disk()` to also cover subpage compact\ncompress indexes.\n\nIt also fixes the position of `m-\u003etype \u003e= Z_EROFS_LCLUSTER_TYPE_MAX`\ncheck, since it should be placed right after\n`z_erofs_load_{compact,full}_lcluster()`."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3f691aa676f29586e83e6c032713554a290418c3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b18a82503a67a530d48f5a5b429e162749fe2c89"},{"version":"8d2517aaeea3ab8651bb517bca8f3c8664d318ea","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dbfac1b85d0753996ddfef636934d431b588dd1f"},{"version":"8d2517aaeea3ab8651bb517bca8f3c8664d318ea","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8675447a8794983f2b7e694b378112772c17635e"},{"version":"8d2517aaeea3ab8651bb517bca8f3c8664d318ea","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e13d315ae077bb7c3c6027cc292401bc0f4ec683"},{"version":"22438a34d383ec2789eaf450728e38abc53051f8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.6.16","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.160"},{"version":"6.7.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.17.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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