Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68253)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68253). 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:
mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow
syzbot was able to find the following path:
add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline]
inc_stack_record_count mm/page_owner.c:214 [inline]
__set_page_owner+0x2c3/0x4a0 mm/page_owner.c:333
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858
alloc_pages_nolock_noprof+0x94/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:7554
Don't spin in add_stack_record_to_list() when it is called
from *_nolock() context.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68253 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-2025-68253" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68253 (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。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-68253 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68253 linux Fixed in: 6.17.6-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68253 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org