{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-68735", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-24T10:30:51.028Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-24T12:09:34.364Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:11:11.441Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:11:11.441Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/panthor: Prevent potential UAF in group creation\n\nThis commit prevents the possibility of a use after free issue in the\nGROUP_CREATE ioctl function, which arose as pointer to the group is\naccessed in that ioctl function after storing it in the Xarray.\nA malicious userspace can second guess the handle of a group and try\nto call GROUP_DESTROY ioctl from another thread around the same time\nas GROUP_CREATE ioctl.\n\nTo prevent the use after free exploit, this commit uses a mark on an\nentry of group pool Xarray which is added just before returning from\nthe GROUP_CREATE ioctl function. The mark is checked for all ioctls\nthat specify the group handle and so userspace won't be abe to delete\na group that isn't marked yet.\n\nv2: Add R-bs and fixes tags" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The flaw is reached through concurrent GROUP_CREATE and GROUP_DESTROY ioctls on a Panthor DRM device node, making it locally exploitable.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both racing threads, handles are predictably allocated from a 1–128 range, and attacker-controlled queue allocations widen the repeatable race window.\nPR:L - Both ioctls have DRM_RENDER_ALLOW, and low or medium group priorities require no capability; a basic unprivileged process with render-node access suffices.\nUI:N - The attacker directly issues the concurrent ioctls without requiring any action from another user.\nS:U - The corruption affects the host kernel within the same security authority and represents standard local privilege escalation, not a VM or IOMMU-boundary escape.\nC:H - The group can be freed and reclaimed while creation continues dereferencing stale pointers, providing exploitable heap corruption that can enable arbitrary kernel-memory disclosure.\nI:H - Post-free operations write queue pointers, counters, list links, locks, and task metadata into reclaimed memory, enabling arbitrary corruption and potential control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - Concurrent cleanup can free the group and associated resources while they remain in use, allowing repeatable kernel crashes, oopses, or panics." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b", "lessThan": "deb8b2491f6b9882ae02d7dc2651c7bf4f3b7e05", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b", "lessThan": "c646ebff3fa571e7ea974235286fb9ed3edc260c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b", "lessThan": "eec7e23d848d2194dd8791fcd0f4a54d4378eecd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.10", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.17.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.13" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.2" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb8b2491f6b9882ae02d7dc2651c7bf4f3b7e05" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c646ebff3fa571e7ea974235286fb9ed3edc260c" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eec7e23d848d2194dd8791fcd0f4a54d4378eecd" } ], "title": "drm/panthor: Prevent potential UAF in group creation", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }