CVE-2025-68775 — Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux
Severity
6.4MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 92.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 13
Latest updateApr 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket
When a handshake request is cancelled it is removed from the
handshake_net->hn_requests list, but it is still present in the
handshake_rhashtbl until it is destroyed.
If a second cancellation request arrives for the same handshake request,
then remove_pending() will return false... and assuming
HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED isn't set in req->hr_flags, we'll continue
pro…
Affected Packages14 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae — 011ae80c49d9bfa5b4336f8bd387cd25c7593663+4
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-jpgq-r68h-x9q2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket
When a handshake re↗2026-01-13
OSV▶
CVE-2025-68775: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket When a handshake requ↗2026-01-13