CVE-2025-68742NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
7.2HIGHOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Latest updateApr 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails Syzkaller triggers an invalid memory access issue following fault injection in update_effective_progs. The issue can be described as follows: __cgroup_bpf_detach update_effective_progs compute_effective_progs bpf_prog_array_alloc items[index] = &dummy_bpf_prog.prog ---softirq start--- __do_softirq ... __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb __bpf_prog_run_save_cb bpf_

Affected Packages16 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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