CVE-2025-68339

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm/fore200e: Fix possible data race in fore200e_open() Protect access to fore200e->available_cell_rate with rate_mtx lock in the error handling path of fore200e_open() to prevent a data race. The field fore200e->available_cell_rate is a shared resource used to track available bandwidth. It is concurrently accessed by fore200e_open(), fore200e_close(), and fore200e_change_qos(). In fore200e_open(), the lock rate_mtx is correctly held when subtracting vcc->qos.txtp.max_pcr from available_cell_rate to reserve bandwidth. However, if the subsequent call to fore200e_activate_vcin() fails, the function restores the reserved bandwidth by adding back to available_cell_rate without holding the lock. This introduces a race condition because available_cell_rate is a global device resource shared across all VCCs. If the error path in fore200e_open() executes concurrently with operations like fore200e_close() or fore200e_change_qos() on other VCCs, a read-modify-write race occurs. Specifically, the error path reads the rate without the lock. If another CPU acquires the lock and modifies the rate (e.g., releasing bandwidth in fore200e_close()) between this read and the subsequent write, the error path will overwrite the concurrent update with a stale value. This results in incorrect bandwidth accounting.

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2025-12-23
Last modified 2026-04-15
Patch available
Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.119, 6.12.61, 6.17.11, 6.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from
≥ 2.6.12
Fixed in
✓ 5.10.247 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.197 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.159 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.119 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.61 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.11 6.17.x ✓ 6.18

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68339 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is CVE-2025-68339?

    CVE-2025-68339 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. CVE-2025-68339 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68339?

    Yes — CVE-2025-68339 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

  • Is CVE-2025-68339 actively exploited?

    No — CVE-2025-68339 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.