Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68220)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68220). 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:
net: ethernet: ti: netcp: Standardize knav_dma_open_channel to return NULL on error
Make knav_dma_open_channel consistently return NULL on error instead
of ERR_PTR. Currently the header include/linux/soc/ti/knav_dma.h
returns NULL when the driver is disabled, but the driver
implementation does not even return NULL or ERR_PTR on failure,
causing inconsistency in the users. This results in a crash in
netcp_free_navigator_resources as followed (trimmed):
Unhandled fault: alignment exception (0x221) at 0xfffffff2
[fffffff2] *pgd=80000800207003, *pmd=82ffda003, *pte=00000000
Internal error: : 221 [#1] SMP ARM
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc7 #1 NONE
Hardware name: Keystone
PC is at knav_dma_close_channel+0x30/0x19c
LR is at netcp_free_navigator_resources+0x2c/0x28c
[... TRIM...]
Call trace:
knav_dma_close_channel from netcp_free_navigator_resources+0x2c/0x28c
netcp_free_navigator_resources from netcp_ndo_open+0x430/0x46c
netcp_ndo_open from __dev_open+0x114/0x29c
__dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x190/0x208
__dev_change_flags from netif_change_flags+0x1c/0x58
netif_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x38/0xa0
dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2c4/0x11f0
ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x58/0x200
do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1cc/0x238
kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x1c/0x12c
kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x38
[...…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68220 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-2025-68220" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68220 (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-2025-68220 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.159-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68220 linux Fixed in: 5.10.247-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68220 linux
References
- web git.kernel.org
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