CVE-2025-68223 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.2OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock
Delete the attempt to progress the queue when checking if fence is
signaled. This avoids deadlock.
dma-fence_ops::signaled can be called with the fence lock in unknown
state. For radeon, the fence lock is also the wait queue lock. This can
cause a self deadlock when signaled() tries to make forward progress on
the wait queue. But advancing the queue is unneed…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6