CVE-2025-68348: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix memory leak in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages Move the fatal signal check before bio_alloc() to prevent a memory leak when BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE is set and a fatal signal is pending. Previously, the bio was allocated before checking for a fatal signal. If a signal was pending, the code would break out of the loop without freeing or chaining the just-allocated bio, causing a memory leak. This matches the pattern already used in __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes() where the signal check precedes the allocation.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.11, before 6.12.63 (fixed in 6.12.63); from 6.13, before 6.17.13 (fixed in 6.17.13); from 6.18, before 6.18.2 (fixed in 6.18.2)

Published 2025-12-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.