CVE-2025-68210
published 2025-12-16CVE-2025-68210: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data Currently, the…
PriorityP420
EPSS
0.18%
7.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.17.9-1 (forky) | linux 6.17.9-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 7c35de4df1056a5a1fb4de042197b8f5b1033b61 < 4d0e0bb1908acac5b27d30b45c450e8ead97eb00 | 4d0e0bb1908acac5b27d30b45c450e8ead97eb00 |
| linux | linux | >= 7c35de4df1056a5a1fb4de042197b8f5b1033b61 < 1f86d73a0afe43b6a85d2aa8207853350b7e2111 | 1f86d73a0afe43b6a85d2aa8207853350b7e2111 |
| linux | linux | >= 7c35de4df1056a5a1fb4de042197b8f5b1033b61 < f2a12cc3b97f062186568a7b94ddb7aa2ef68140 | f2a12cc3b97f062186568a7b94ddb7aa2ef68140 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.12.63-1 | 6.12.63-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.17.9-1 | 6.17.9-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.17.0-14.14 | 6.17.0-14.14 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.10.0 < 6.12.59 | 6.12.59 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13.0 < 6.17.9 | 6.17.9 |
| ubuntu | linux-aws | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-oracle | — | — |
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-24
linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers
OSV
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device driv
OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto de
OSV
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
OSV
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardwar
GHSA
GHSA-cgjv-9863-j668: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-12-16
CVE-2025-68210 GHSA-cgjv-9863-j668: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
OSV
CVE-2025-68210: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data Currently, the d
osv·2025-12-16
CVE-2025-68210 CVE-2025-68210: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data Currently, the d
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
OSV
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
osv·2025-12-16
CVE-2025-68210 erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-24
CVE-2025-40175 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framewor
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-17
CVE-2025-40304 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and dr
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-17
CVE-2025-68242 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-12
CVE-2025-68242 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-12
CVE-2025-40304 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and dr
Red Hat
kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
vendor_redhat·2025-12-16
CVE-2025-68210 kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat
Debian
CVE-2025-68210: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoi...
vendor_debian·2025
CVE-2025-68210 [LOW] CVE-2025-68210: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoi...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.17.9-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.17.9-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.12.63-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-68210 kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
bugzilla·2025-12-16
CVE-2025-68210 CVE-2025-68210 kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
CVE-2025-68210 kernel: erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Discussion:
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025121633-CVE-2025-68210-c4b9@gregkh/T
Wiz
CVE-2025-68210 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
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CVE-2025-68210 CVE-2025-68210 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
## CVE-2025-68210 :
Linux Kernel vulnerability analysis and mitigation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data
Currently, the decompression logic incorrectly spins if compressed
data is truncated in crafted (deliberately corrupted) images.
Source : NVD
Published December 16, 2025
CNA Score N/A
Affected Technologies
Linux Kernel
Linux Debian
Has Public Exploit No
Has CISA KEV Exploit No
CISA KEV Release Date N/A
CISA KEV Due Date N/A
Exploitation Probability Percentile (EPSS) 6.8
Exploitation Probability (EPSS) N/A
Affected packages and libraries
cluster-md-kmp-azure
dtb-nvidia
Sources
NVD
Debian 13, 14 Has Fix Added at: Dec 17, 2025
Ubuntu 24.04, 25.10 Severity MEDIUM Has Fi
2025-12-16
Published