What is CVE-2025-68229?

CVE-2025-68229 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.5 onward and patched in 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197 and others. CVE-2025-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68229?

CVE-2025-68229 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68229?

Yes, CVE-2025-68229 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68229 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68229

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() If the allocation of tl_hba->sh fails in tcm_loop_driver_probe() and we attempt to dereference it in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() we will get a segfault, see below for an example. So, check tl_hba->sh before dereferencing it. Unable to allocate struct scsi_host BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000194 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 8356 Comm: tokio-runtime-w Not tainted 6.6.104.2-4.azl3 #1 Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/28/2024 RIP: 0010:tcm_loop_tpg_address_show+0x2e/0x50 [tcm_loop] ... Call Trace: <TASK> configfs_read_iter+0x12d/0x1d0 [configfs] vfs_read+0x1b5/0x300 ksys_read+0x6f/0xf0 ...

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-16

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.5

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.302 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.247 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.197 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.159 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.118 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.60 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.10 6.17.x ✓ 6.18

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68229 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13aff3b8a7184281b134698704d6c06863a8361b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9ba455b5073253ceaadae4859546e38e8261fe
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8c517f6eb27e47b1a198e05f8023038329b40b
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68229?

CVE-2025-68229 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.5 onward and has been patched in 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197 and others. CVE-2025-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68229?

Yes — CVE-2025-68229 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68229 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.