PT-2025-51675 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published

2025-12-16

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Updated

2026-04-06

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CVE-2025-68262

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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The crypto/zstd module contains a flaw where per-CPU streams can be freed multiple times, leading to a double-free issue. This occurs when multiple transform contexts (tfms) are allocated and freed, as the zstd streams are freed during each tfm destruction instead of being managed at the module level. This results in the same shared per-CPU streams being freed more than once. A double-free can lead to system instability or potentially be exploited. The issue is demonstrated by a stack trace involving a bad page state and the crypto acomp free streams and crypto acomp exit tfm functions.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-68262
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15836-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1
USN-8094-1
USN-8094-2
USN-8094-3
USN-8094-4
USN-8094-5
USN-8152-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu