CVE-2025-68239
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/12/2025
Last modified:
16/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()<br />
<br />
bm_register_write() opens an executable file using open_exec(), which<br />
internally calls do_open_execat() and denies write access on the file to<br />
avoid modification while it is being executed.<br />
<br />
However, when an error occurs, bm_register_write() closes the file using<br />
filp_close() directly. This does not restore the write permission, which<br />
may cause subsequent write operations on the same file to fail.<br />
<br />
Fix this by calling exe_file_allow_write_access() before filp_close() to<br />
restore the write permission properly.



