CVE-2025-68741

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.8% 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 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2025-12-24 12:09Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:11Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-24

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-763Release of Invalid Pointer or ReferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e8301abffa08a96ad1a02da39a6903511b17b0a2043b821baed1f5034803dee3

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bccd506a1f1ab01d1f45b2a3effff6bedc73cf9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9f0a0717ba31d5842721627ade1e62d7aec012
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfe3e2f768d248fd3d965d561d0768a56dd0b9f8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fa1c8226b4532ad7011d295d3ab4ad45df105ae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b1a242fe612a755f2158fd206ee6bb577d18ca