CVE-2025-68312Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: Prevents free active kevent The root cause of this issue are: 1. When probing the usbnet device, executing usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0); put the kevent work in global workqueue. However, the kevent has not yet been scheduled when the usbnet device is unregistered. Therefore, executing free_netdev() results in the "free active object (kevent)" error reported here. 2. Another factor is that when calling usbnet_disconne

Affected Packages6 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.5.05.10.247+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183+2
CVEListV5linux/linux8b4588b8b00b299be16a35be67b331d8fdba03f3285d4b953f2ca03c358f986718dd89ee9bde632e+13
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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