Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68368)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-68368). 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:
md: init bioset in mddev_init
IO operations may be needed before md_run(), such as updating metadata
after writing sysfs. Without bioset, this triggers a NULL pointer
dereference as below:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
Call Trace:
md_update_sb+0x658/0xe00
new_level_store+0xc5/0x120
md_attr_store+0xc9/0x1e0
sysfs_kf_write+0x6f/0xa0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x141/0x2a0
vfs_write+0x1fc/0x5a0
ksys_write+0x79/0x180
__x64_sys_write+0x1d/0x30
x64_sys_call+0x2818/0x2880
do_syscall_64+0xa9/0x580
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Reproducer
mdadm -CR /dev/md0 -l1 -n2 /dev/sd[cd]
echo inactive > /sys/block/md0/md/array_state
echo 10 > /sys/block/md0/md/new_level
mddev_init() can only be called once per mddev, no need to test if bioset
has been initialized anymore.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68368 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-2025-68368" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68368 (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-2025-68368 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68368 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68368 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org