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CVE-2025-68178

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68178)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68178). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

blk-cgroup: fix possible deadlock while configuring policy

Following deadlock can be triggered easily by lockdep:

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.17.0-rc3-00124-ga12c2658ced0 #1665 Not tainted

check/1334 is trying to acquire lock:
ff1100011d9d0678 (&q->sysfs_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: blk_unregister_queue+0x53/0x180

but task is already holding lock:
ff1100011d9d00e0 (&q->q_usage_counter(queue)#3){++++}-{0:0}, at: del_gendisk+0xba/0x110

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&q->q_usage_counter(queue)#3){++++}-{0:0}:
blk_queue_enter+0x40b/0x470
blkg_conf_prep+0x7b/0x3c0
tg_set_limit+0x10a/0x3e0
cgroup_file_write+0xc6/0x420
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x189/0x280
vfs_write+0x256/0x490
ksys_write+0x83/0x190
__x64_sys_write+0x21/0x30
x64_sys_call+0x4608/0x4630
do_syscall_64+0xdb/0x6b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

-> #1 (&q->rq_qos_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
__mutex_lock+0xd8/0xf50
mutex_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40
wbt_init+0x17e/0x280
wbt_enable_default+0xe9/0x140
blk_register_queue+0x1da/0x2e0
__add_disk+0x38c/0x5d0
add_disk_fwnode+0x89/0x250
device_add_disk+0x18/0x30
virtblk_probe+0x13a3/0x1800
virtio_dev_probe+0x389/0x610…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68178 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-68178" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-68178 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.5.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.117"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.58"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.17.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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