{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68784 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-68784 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68784 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-68784 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68784 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68784/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-68784","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68784/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-68784","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-68784","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68784","GHSA-cm82-qh9h-xpj6","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68784","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68784"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's XFS xattr repair allows local attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair\n\nThe xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which\nmeans that any reference to ab-\u003evalue before the call could become a\ndangling pointer.  Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer\nsetup.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair","id":"CVE-2025-68784","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action","id":"CVE-2025-68785"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ALSA: usb-mixer: us16x08: validate meter packet indices","id":"CVE-2025-68783"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-01-13","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's XFS xattr repair allows local attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68784/"}