CVE-2025-68239

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Esto no restaura el permiso de escritura, lo que puede causar que operaciones de escritura posteriores en el mismo archivo fallen.\n\nSolucione esto llamando a exe_file_allow_write_access() antes de filp_close() para restaurar el permiso de escritura correctamente."}], "id": "CVE-2025-68239", "lastModified": "2026-10-15T02:18:10.687", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-16T15:15:53.063", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/480ac88431703f2adbb8e6b5bd73c3f3cf9f3d7f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54274ff90488b6c0f595a6518faed3cf0bc966eb"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cce7bc7fac8471c832696720d9c8f2a976d9c54"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f601b497d76f40fa66795c3ecf625b6aced9fd"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e785f552ab04dbca01d31f0334f4561240b04459"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbab8c08e1a6dbaef81e22d672a7647553101d16"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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