CVE-2025-68303 json
platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption
published 2025-12-16 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-13 26 d ago also EUVD-2025-203777
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption
This passes the address of the pointer "&punit_ipcdev" when the intent was to pass the pointer itself "punit_ipcdev" (without the ampersand). This means that the:
complete(&ipcdev->cmd_complete);
in intel_punit_ioc() will write to a wrong memory address corrupting it.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.119, 6.12.61, 6.17.11, 6.18
- linux Debian 12 6.1.159-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.63-1
- linux Debian 14 6.17.11-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68303
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-173.183
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-106.106
- linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-19.19
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1103.110
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1050.53
- linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1009.9
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1103.112
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1052.55
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68303
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1.21.16
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/15d560cdf5b36c51fffec07ac2a983ab3bff4cb2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e9d6f54184573dae1dcbcf6685a572ba6f4480 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7442c5802146fd418ba3f68dcb9ca92b5cec83 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21615a4ac6fecbb586d59fe2206b63501021789 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ee6d38996775a19bfdf20cb01a9b8698cb0baa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9c0adbc3f8a524d291baccc9d0c04097fb4869 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68303 updated cvss 7.0
kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption in punit_ipc due to incorrect pointer handling
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/15d560cdf5b36c51fffec07ac2a983ab3bff4cb2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/46e9d6f54184573dae1dcbcf6685a572ba6f4480
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3e7442c5802146fd418ba3f68dcb9ca92b5cec83
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a21615a4ac6fecbb586d59fe2206b63501021789
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c2ee6d38996775a19bfdf20cb01a9b8698cb0baa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9b9c0adbc3f8a524d291baccc9d0c04097fb4869
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-68303
- NVD CVE-2025-68303
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