CVE-2025-68795 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 79.79%
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:
ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query
The ethtool -S command operates across three ioctl calls:
ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO for the size, ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS for the names, and
ETHTOOL_GSTATS for the values.
If the number of stats changes between these calls (e.g., due to device
reconfiguration), userspace's buffer allocation will be incorrect,
potentially leading to buffer overflow.
Drivers are generally expected t…
Affected Packages16 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — 3df375a1e75483b7d973c3cc2e46aa374db8428b+7
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17