What is CVE-2025-68371?

CVE-2025-68371 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and patched in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63 and others. CVE-2025-68371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68371?

CVE-2025-68371 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68371?

Yes, CVE-2025-68371 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68371 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68371

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal Correct possible race conditions during device removal. Previously, a scheduled work item to reset a LUN could still execute after the device was removed, leading to use-after-free and other resource access issues. This race condition occurs because the abort handler may schedule a LUN reset concurrently with device removal via sdev_destroy(), leading to use-after-free and improper access to freed resources. - Check in the device reset handler if the device is still present in the controller's SCSI device list before running; if not, the reset is skipped. - Cancel any pending TMF work that has not started in sdev_destroy(). - Ensure device freeing in sdev_destroy() is done while holding the LUN reset mutex to avoid races with ongoing resets.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.0

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.160 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.120 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.63 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.13 6.17.x ✓ 6.18.2 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68371 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/1a5c5a2f88e839af5320216a02ffb075b668596a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1acf1b6dd6dd0495bda139daafd7a403ae2dc1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2390653d82cad0e1ba2676e536dd99678f6ef1
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68371?

CVE-2025-68371 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and has been patched in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63 and others. CVE-2025-68371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68371?

Yes — CVE-2025-68371 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68371 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-68371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.