Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68204)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68204). 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:
pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure
If of_genpd_add_provider_onecell() fails during probe, the previously
created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak
and potential kernel crash later in genpd_debug_add().
Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before
returning from probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on
failure.
Example crash trace observed without this fix:
| Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70
| CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT
| Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform
| pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
| pc : genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160
| lr : genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| Call trace:
| genpd_debug_add+0x2c/0x160 (P)
| genpd_debug_init+0x74/0x98
| do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x2d8
| do_initcall_level+0xa0/0x140
| do_initcalls+0x60/0xa8
| do_basic_setup+0x28/0x40
| kernel_init_freeable+0xe8/0x170
| kernel_init+0x2c/0x140
| ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68204 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-2025-68204" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68204 (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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
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
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1Identify 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。
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2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-68204 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.159-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68204 linux Fixed in: 5.10.247-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68204 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
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