Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68258)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68258). 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:
comedi: multiq3: sanitize config options in multiq3_attach()
Syzbot identified an issue [1] in multiq3_attach() that induces a
task timeout due to open() or COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl operations,
specifically, in the case of multiq3 driver.
This problem arose when syzkaller managed to craft weird configuration
options used to specify the number of channels in encoder subdevice.
If a particularly great number is passed to s->n_chan in
multiq3_attach() via it->options[2], then multiple calls to
multiq3_encoder_reset() at the end of driver-specific attach() method
will be running for minutes, thus blocking tasks and affected devices
as well.
While this issue is most likely not too dangerous for real-life
devices, it still makes sense to sanitize configuration inputs. Enable
a sensible limit on the number of encoder chips (4 chips max, each
with 2 channels) to stop this behaviour from manifesting.
[1] Syzbot crash:
INFO: task syz.2.19:6067 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
...
Call Trace:
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5254 [inline]
__schedule+0x17c4/0x4d60 kernel/sched/core.c:6862
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6944 [inline]
schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6959
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7016
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
comedi_open+0xc0/0x590 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:286…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68258 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-2025-68258" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68258 (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-2025-68258 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.161-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68258 linux Fixed in: 5.10.249-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68258 linux
References
- web git.kernel.org
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