What is CVE-2025-68254?

CVE-2025-68254 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.12 onward and patched in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-68254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68254?

CVE-2025-68254 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68254?

Yes, CVE-2025-68254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68254 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68254

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer. A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read, potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB reads caused by malformed beacon frames.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-16

Last modified 2026-07-30

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.1

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.12

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.198 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.160 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.120 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.62 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.12 6.17.x ✓ 6.18.1 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-68254

Severity High

CVSS score 7.1 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-12-16

Modified 2026-07-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68254?

CVE-2025-68254 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.12 onward and has been patched in 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-68254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68254?

CVE-2025-68254 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68254?

Yes. CVE-2025-68254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68254 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-68254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.