PT-2025-52893 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-11-25 · Updated 2026-03-13 · CVE-2025-68357

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to the allocation of a workqueue for asynchronous reads within the iomap subsystem. Specifically, after a certain commit, error completions for reads were deferred, requiring the allocation of a workqueue. This allocation was not consistently performed for asynchronous reads, potentially leading to issues.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Resource Exhaustion

Improper Resource Release

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-404

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-01159

CVE-2025-68357

ECHO-5C07-F1E2-E893

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10039-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 225

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68357.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68357 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-01159 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-50112.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10039-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68357 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40300 · Note