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CVE-2025-68265

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-68265 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. It arises from namespaces retaining stale references to a controller's admin request_queue after the controller has been torn down, leading to attempts to access freed memory. The vulnerability impacts the Linux kernel and could lead to system instability or denial of service. There is no public information indicating active exploitation, available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
6.1CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160, < 03b3bcd319b3ab5182bc9aaa0421351572c78ac0, >= fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160, < 4896491c497226022626c3acc46044fd182f943c, >= fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160, < a505f0ba36ab24176c300d7ff56aff85c2977e6c, >= fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160, < e7dac681790556c131854b97551337aa8042215b, >= fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160, < e8061d02b49c5c901980f58d91e96580e9a14acfCNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: FAUCET enrichment

N/A
User InteractionAI
NONE

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (51)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20823-17084Fixed in: 6.6.121.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.119.3-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.121.1-1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi-realtime (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-2042.43
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.1-1047.48~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.1-1047.48
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1049.50
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-110.110~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1052.56
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-tegra (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1022.22
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-lowlatency (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.54.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-19.19
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1008.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1010.10
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-xilinx (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1029.30
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.60+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.60
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1010.10
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oem-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1017.17
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-110.110
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1052.55
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.57
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gke (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1050.56
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gkeop (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1037.40
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.51
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-110.110.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.54
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1052.55+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-110.110+fips2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.57+fips1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (21)

ubuntuUSN-8265-1

Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities

May 11, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8261-1

Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities

May 7, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8260-1

Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities

May 7, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8258-1

Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

May 7, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8179-4

Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

May 7, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8185-2

Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

Apr 28, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8204-1

Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities

Apr 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8203-1

Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Apr 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8179-3

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Apr 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8185-1

Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

Apr 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8179-2

Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities

Apr 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8184-1

Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities

Apr 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8179-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Apr 16, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8152-1

Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Apr 6, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-5

Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

Apr 1, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-4

Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Mar 25, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-3

Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities

Mar 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-2

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 16, 2026
redhatCVE-2025-68265Moderate

kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in NVMe driver due to use-after-free vulnerability

Dec 16, 2025
microsoft2025-Dec/CVE-2025-68265Important

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime

Dec 9, 2025

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
git.kernel.org / stable/c/03b3bcd319b3ab5182bc9aaa0421351572c78ac0
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4896491c497226022626c3acc46044fd182f943c
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a505f0ba36ab24176c300d7ff56aff85c2977e6c
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e7dac681790556c131854b97551337aa8042215b
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e8061d02b49c5c901980f58d91e96580e9a14acf