What is CVE-2025-68764?

CVE-2025-68764 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and patched in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 and others. CVE-2025-68764 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68764?

CVE-2025-68764 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68764?

Yes, CVE-2025-68764 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-68764 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-68764 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-68764

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags When a filesystem is being automounted, it needs to preserve the user-set superblock mount options, such as the "ro" flag.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-01-05

Last modified 2026-10-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-862

CVE-2025-68764 is classified as CWE-862

See CWE-862 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.6

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.248 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.198 5.15.x ✓ 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

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-68764

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-01-05

Modified 2026-10-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68764?

CVE-2025-68764 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and has been patched in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 and others. CVE-2025-68764 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68764?

CVE-2025-68764 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68764?

Yes. CVE-2025-68764 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-68764 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-68764 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.