CVE-2025-68173Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Linux

Severity
3.2LOWOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Fix softlockup in ftrace_module_enable A soft lockup was observed when loading amdgpu module. If a module has a lot of tracable functions, multiple calls to kallsyms_lookup can spend too much time in RCU critical section and with disabled preemption, causing kernel panic. This is the same issue that was fixed in commit d0b24b4e91fc ("ftrace: Prevent RCU stall on PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY kernels") and commit 42ea22e754ba ("ftr

Affected Packages6 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.5.06.1.159+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.159-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxb7ffffbb46f205e7727a18bcc7a46c3c2b534f7ca1dd0abd741a8111260676da729825d6c1461a71+5
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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