What is CVE-2025-68321?

CVE-2025-68321 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.18 onward and patched in 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117 and others. CVE-2025-68321 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68321?

CVE-2025-68321 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68321?

Yes, CVE-2025-68321 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68321 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68321 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68321

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: page_pool: always add GFP_NOWARN for ATOMIC allocations Driver authors often forget to add GFP_NOWARN for page allocation from the datapath. This is annoying to users as OOMs are a fact of life, and we pretty much expect network Rx to hit page allocation failures during OOM. Make page pool add GFP_NOWARN for ATOMIC allocations by default.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-16

Last modified 2026-07-30

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.5

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58, 6.17.8, 6.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.18

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.197 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.159 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.117 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.58 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.8 6.17.x ✓ 6.18

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-68321

Severity High

CVSS score 7.5 / 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-2025-68321?

CVE-2025-68321 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.18 onward and has been patched in 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117 and others. CVE-2025-68321 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68321?

CVE-2025-68321 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68321?

Yes. CVE-2025-68321 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68321 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-68321 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.