CVE-2025-68265

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-12-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 6 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime

The namespaces can access the controller's admin request_queue, and stale references on the namespaces may exist after tearing down the controller. Ensure the admin request_queue is active by moving the controller's 'put' to after all controller references have been released to ensure no one is can access the request_queue. This fixes a reported use-after-free bug:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88c0a53819f8 by task nvme/3287 CPU: 67 UID: 0 PID: 3287 Comm: nvme Tainted: G E 6.13.2-ga1582f1a031e #15 Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Jabil /EGS 2S MB1, BIOS 1.00 06/18/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x60 print_report+0xc4/0x620 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x70/0xb0 ? _raw_read_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x30 ? blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 kasan_report+0xab/0xe0 ? blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 ? __irq_work_queue_local+0x75/0x1d0 ? blk_queue_start_drain+0x70/0x70 ? irq_work_queue+0x18/0x20 ? vprintk_emit.part.0+0x1cc/0x350 ? wake_up_klogd_work_func+0x60/0x60 blk_mq_alloc_request+0x2b7/0x6b0 ? __blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x1060/0x1060 ? __switch_to+0x5b7/0x1060 nvme_submit_user_cmd+0xa9/0x330 nvme_user_cmd.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0 ? force_sigsegv+0xe0/0xe0 ? nvme_user_cmd64+0x400/0x400 ? vfs_fileattr_set+0x9b0/0x9b0 ? cgroup_update_frozen_flag+0x24/0x1c0 ? cgroup_leave_frozen+0x204/0x330 ? nvme_ioctl+0x7c/0x2c0 blkdev_ioctl+0x1a8/0x4d0 ? blkdev_common_ioctl+0x1930/0x1930 ? fdget+0x54/0x380 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x129/0x190 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7f765f703b0b Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 79 9b 49 c7 c4 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d 4c 89 e0 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d dd 52 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffe2cefe808 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffe2cefe860 RCX: 00007f765f703b0b RDX: 00007ffe2cefe860 RSI: 00000000c0484e41 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00007f765f611d50 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: 00000000c0484e41 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007ffe2cefea60

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 16, 2025

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8061d02b49c5c901980f58d91e96580e9a14acf
generic

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7dac681790556c131854b97551337aa8042215b
generic

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a505f0ba36ab24176c300d7ff56aff85c2977e6c
generic

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4896491c497226022626c3acc46044fd182f943c
generic

nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03b3bcd319b3ab5182bc9aaa0421351572c78ac0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-68265(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(22)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.17 (6.17.0-1010.10) @ questing2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1052.56) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-6.17 (6.17.0-1017.17) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1047.48) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1054.57+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2042.43) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.17.0-19.19) @ questing2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1054.60) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.17 (6.17.0-1010.10) @ questing2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1051.54) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.17.0-1008.9) @ questing2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1051.54.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1049.50) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1054.60+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1029.30) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1022.22) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 6.1.167osv
linuxKernel @ 6.1.168osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-68265?
CVE-2025-68265 is a high vulnerability published on December 16, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime The namespaces can access the controller's admin request_queue, and stale references on the namespaces may exist after tearing down the controller. Ensure the admin request_queue is active by…
When was CVE-2025-68265 disclosed?
CVE-2025-68265 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 16, 2025, with the most recent update on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-68265 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-68265 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-68265?
CVE-2025-68265 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-68265?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-68265, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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