CVE-2025-68223Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667Improper Locking36 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.2OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.06%
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: 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

Affected Packages13 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-68223 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2025-68223 — Improper Locking in Linux | cvebase