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CVE-2025-68758

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-68758 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting LED backlight drivers. It arises from incorrect device linking between LED backlight consumers and their LED class device suppliers, leading to improper removal order enforcement. This can result in a kernel NULL pointer dereference, causing system instability or crashes. The vulnerability has a low severity, with no CVSS score provided and a FAUCET Risk Score of 7/100. The attack vector involves specific device removal sequences, either through device tree overlays or manual unbinding, indicating a high attack complexity. The primary impact is system instability due to kernel crashes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no exploit code is publicly available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention, and media coverage is limited to a single article, suggesting low overall attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
5.6CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 08c9dc6b0f2c68e5e7c374ac4499e321e435d46c, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 0e63ea4378489e09eb5e920c8a50c10caacf563a, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 30cbe4b642745a9488a0f0d78be43afe69d7555c, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 60a24070392ec726ccfe6ad1ca7b0381c8d8f7c9, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 64739adf3eef063b8e2c72b7e919eac8c6480bf0, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < 9341d6698f4cfdfc374fb6944158d111ebe16a9d, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < cd01a24b3e52d6777b49c917d841f125fe9eebd0, >= ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33, < e06df738a9ad8417f1c4c7cd6992cda320e9e7caCNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15

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Media Mentions

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (78)

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-aws-fips (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.110+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-fips (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-173.183+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-fips (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.112+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-lowlatency (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1051.54.1
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-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-ibm-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-173.183
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.110
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.112
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gkeop (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1086.94
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1097.100
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-intel-iotg (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1098.104
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-kvm (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1095.100
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-173.183
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1098.99
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-tegra (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1055.55
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1100.106
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-xilinx-zynqmp (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1067.71
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-realtime (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1102.111
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1098.104~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gke (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1099.105
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-nvidia-tegra-igx (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1044.44
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-intel-iot-realtime (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1094.96
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-azure-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1
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 (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1097.100
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-azure-fips (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1109.118+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1109.118
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
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-raspi-realtime (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-2042.43
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (31)

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-8243-1

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-8163-2

Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Apr 13, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8163-1

Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities

Apr 9, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8152-1

Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Apr 6, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8141-1

Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

Apr 1, 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-8096-5

Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities

Mar 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8116-1

Linux kernel (Intel IoTG Real-time) vulnerabilities

Mar 23, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8096-4

Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities

Mar 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8096-3

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-2

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 17, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8096-2

Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities

Mar 16, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8096-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 16, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8094-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mar 16, 2026
microsoft2026-Jan/CVE-2025-68758Moderate

backlight: led-bl: Add devlink to supplier LEDs

Jan 13, 2026
redhatCVE-2025-68758Low

kernel: backlight: led-bl: Add devlink to supplier LEDs

Jan 5, 2026

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/08c9dc6b0f2c68e5e7c374ac4499e321e435d46c
git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e63ea4378489e09eb5e920c8a50c10caacf563a
git.kernel.org / stable/c/30cbe4b642745a9488a0f0d78be43afe69d7555c
git.kernel.org / stable/c/60a24070392ec726ccfe6ad1ca7b0381c8d8f7c9
git.kernel.org / stable/c/64739adf3eef063b8e2c72b7e919eac8c6480bf0
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9341d6698f4cfdfc374fb6944158d111ebe16a9d
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cd01a24b3e52d6777b49c917d841f125fe9eebd0
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e06df738a9ad8417f1c4c7cd6992cda320e9e7ca