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CVE-2025-68183
published 2025-12-16

CVE-2025-68183: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr Currently when both…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.13%
3.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr Currently when both IMA and EVM are in fix mode, the IMA signature will be reset to IMA hash if a program first stores IMA signature in security.ima and then writes/removes some other security xattr for the file. For example, on Fedora, after booting the kernel with "ima_appraise=fix evm=fix ima_policy=appraise_tcb" and installing rpm-plugin-ima, installing/reinstalling a package will not make good reference IMA signature generated. Instead IMA hash is generated, # getfattr -m - -d -e hex /usr/bin/bash # file: usr/bin/bash security.ima=0x0404... This happens because when setting security.selinux, the IMA_DIGSIG flag that had been set early was cleared. As a result, IMA hash is generated when the file is closed. Similarly, IMA signature can be cleared on file close after removing security xattr like security.evm or setting/removing ACL. Prevent replacing the IMA file signature with a file hash, by preventing the IMA_DIGSIG flag from being reset. Here's a minimal C reproducer which sets security.selinux as the last step which can also replaced by removing security.evm or setting ACL, #include #include #include #include #include #include int main() { const char* file_path = "/usr/sbin/test_binary"; const char* hex_string = "030204d33204490066306402304"; int length = strlen(hex_string); char* ima_attr_value; int fd; fd = open(file_path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0644); if (fd == -1) { perror("Error opening file"); return 1; } ima_attr_value = (char*)malloc(length / 2 ); for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < length; i += 2, j++) { sscanf(hex_string + i, "%2hhx", &ima_attr_value[j]); } if (fsetxattr(fd, "security.ima", ima_attr_value, length/2, 0) == -1) { perror("Error setting extended attribute"); close(fd); return 1; } const char* selinux_value= "system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0"; if (fsetxattr(fd, "security.selinux", selinux_value, st

Affected

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.8-1 (forky)linux 6.17.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e3ccfe1ad7d895487977ef64eda3441d16c9851a < d2993a7e98eb70c737c6f5365a190e79c72b8407d2993a7e98eb70c737c6f5365a190e79c72b8407
linuxlinux>= e3ccfe1ad7d895487977ef64eda3441d16c9851a < edd824eb45e4f7e05ad3ab090dab6dbdb79cd292edd824eb45e4f7e05ad3ab090dab6dbdb79cd292
linuxlinux>= e3ccfe1ad7d895487977ef64eda3441d16c9851a < 02aa671c08a4834bef5166743a7b88686fbfa02302aa671c08a4834bef5166743a7b88686fbfa023
linuxlinux>= e3ccfe1ad7d895487977ef64eda3441d16c9851a < 88b4cbcf6b041ae0f2fc8a34554a5b6a83a2b7cd88b4cbcf6b041ae0f2fc8a34554a5b6a83a2b7cd
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.8-16.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.14.0 < 6.6.1176.6.117
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.86.17.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.586.12.58
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv3.2LOW
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5LOW
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