CVE-2025-68786

ksmbd: skip lock-range check on equal size to avoid size==0 underflow

CVE-2025-68786 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68786, released January 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: skip lock-range check on equal size to avoid size==0 underflow When size equals the current i_size (including 0), the code used to call check_lock_range(filp, i_size, size - 1, WRITE), which computes `size - 1` and can underflow for size==0. Skip the equal case.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.162-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68786 Jan 13, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.69-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68786 Jan 13, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.18.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68786 Jan 13, 2026

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