CVE-2025-68322
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: Avoid crash due to unaligned access in unwinder Guenter Roeck reported this kernel crash on his emulated B160L machine: Starting network: udhcpc: started, v1.36.1 Backtrace: [<104320d4>] unwind_once+0x1c/0x5c [<10434a00>] walk_stackframe.isra.0+0x74/0xb8 [<10434a6c>] arch_stack_walk+0x28/0x38 [<104e5efc>] stack_trace_save+0x48/0x5c [<105d1bdc>] set_track_prepare+0x44/0x6c [<105d9c80>] ___slab_alloc+0xfc4/0x1024 [<105d9d38>] __slab_alloc.isra.0+0x58/0x90 [<105dc80c>] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2ac/0x4a0 [<105b8e54>] __anon_vma_prepare+0x60/0x280 [<105a823c>] __vmf_anon_prepare+0x68/0x94 [<105a8b34>] do_wp_page+0x8cc/0xf10 [<105aad88>] handle_mm_fault+0x6c0/0xf08 [<10425568>] do_page_fault+0x110/0x440 [<10427938>] handle_interruption+0x184/0x748 [<11178398>] schedule+0x4c/0x190 BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, ifconfig/2420 lock: terminate_lock.2+0x0/0x1c, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: ifconfig/2420, .owner_cpu: 0 While creating the stack trace, the unwinder uses the stack pointer to guess the previous frame to read the previous stack pointer from memory. The crash happens, because the unwinder tries to read from unaligned memory and as such triggers the unalignment trap handler which then leads to the spinlock recursion and finally to a deadlock. Fix it by checking the alignment before accessing the memory.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
4.19
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.12.58,
6.17.8,
6.18
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68322 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009270208f76456c2cefcd565da263b90bb2eadb
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ac1f44723f26881b9fe7e69c7bc25397b879155
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9f30d1038ee1624baa17a6ff11effe5f7617cb
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2025-68322?
CVE-2025-68322 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.19 onward and has been patched in 6.12.58, 6.17.8 and 6.18. CVE-2025-68322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68322?
Yes — CVE-2025-68322 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.58, 6.17.8 and 6.18. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2025-68322 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2025-68322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.