What is CVE-2025-68365?

CVE-2025-68365 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and patched in 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122 and others. CVE-2025-68365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68365?

CVE-2025-68365 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68365?

Yes, CVE-2025-68365 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68365 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68365

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Initialize allocated memory before use KMSAN reports: Multiple uninitialized values detected: - KMSAN: uninit-value in ntfs_read_hdr (3) - KMSAN: uninit-value in bcmp (3) Memory is allocated by __getname(), which is a wrapper for kmem_cache_alloc(). This memory is used before being properly cleared. Change kmem_cache_alloc() to kmem_cache_zalloc() to properly allocate and clear memory before use.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-02-26

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2025-68365 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.2, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.199 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.162 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.122 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.68 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.2 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68365 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/192e8ce302f14ac66259231dd10cede19858d742
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d52c592cf53f5bb7163967edc01d2d7d80de44a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58e29849aef8d26554a982989a2190b49aaf8ed
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-68365

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-12-24

Modified 2026-02-26

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68365?

CVE-2025-68365 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and has been patched in 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122 and others. CVE-2025-68365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68365?

CVE-2025-68365 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68365?

Yes — CVE-2025-68365 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68365 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-68365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.