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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-68264" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-16T14:45:06.268Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:09:44.093Z" 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-2025-68264" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68264.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68264" title: "ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: refresh inline data size before write operations\n\nThe cached ei-\u003ei_inline_size can become stale between the initial size\ncheck and when ext4_update_inline_data()/ext4_create_inline_data() use\nit. Although ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads the correct value at the\ntime of the check, concurrent xattr operations can modify i_inline_size\nbefore ext4_write_lock_xattr() is acquired.\n\nThis causes ext4_update_inline_data() and ext4_create_inline_data() to\nwork with stale capacity values, leading to a BUG_ON() crash in\next4_write_inline_data():\n\n kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inline.c:1331!\n BUG_ON(pos + len \u003e EXT4_I(inode)-\u003ei_inline_size);\n\nThe race window:\n1. ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads i_inline_size = 60 (correct)\n2. Size check passes for 50-byte write\n3. [Another thread adds xattr, i_inline_size changes to 40]\n4. ext4_write_lock_xattr() acquires lock\n5. ext4_update_inline_data() uses stale i_inline_size = 60\n6. Attempts to write 50 bytes but only 40 bytes actually available\n7. BUG_ON() triggers\n\nFix this by recalculating i_inline_size via ext4_find_inline_data_nolock()\nimmediately after acquiring xattr_sem. This ensures ext4_update_inline_data()\nand ext4_create_inline_data() work with current values that are protected\nfrom concurrent modifications.\n\nThis is similar to commit a54c4613dac1 (\"ext4: fix race writing to an\ninline_data file while its xattrs are changing\") which fixed i_inline_off\nstaleness. This patch addresses the related i_inline_size staleness issue." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"54ab81ae5f218452e64470cd8a8139bb5880fe2b"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43bf001f0fe4e59bba47c897505222f959f4a1cc"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"89c2c41f0974e530b2d032c3695095aa0559adb1"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1687a055a555347b002f406676a1aaae4668f242"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"210ac60a86a3ad2c76ae60e0dc71c34af6e7ea0b"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ca43ea29b4c4d2764aec8a26cffcfb677a871e6e"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"58df743faf21ceb1880f930aa5dd428e2a5e415d"},{"version":"67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"892e1cf17555735e9d021ab036c36bc7b58b0e3b"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.8"},{"version":"5.10.248","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.120","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.62","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.17.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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