CVE-2025-68263

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 36.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-12-16 14:45Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:10Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

749b9d1265ff1812d2bd1618e072d70c17d7066ac5c44288cc6e6296e38a66cd

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759c8c30cfa8706c518e56f67971b1f0932f4b9b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8229c6ca50cea701e25a7ee25f48441b582ec5fa
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