{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68735","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T10:30:51.028Z","datePublished":"2025-12-24T12:09:34.364Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:11:11.441Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:11:11.441Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/panthor: Prevent potential UAF in group creation\n\nThis commit prevents the possibility of a use after free issue in the\nGROUP_CREATE ioctl function, which arose as pointer to the group is\naccessed in that ioctl function after storing it in the Xarray.\nA malicious userspace can second guess the handle of a group and try\nto call GROUP_DESTROY ioctl from another thread around the same time\nas GROUP_CREATE ioctl.\n\nTo prevent the use after free exploit, this commit uses a mark on an\nentry of group pool Xarray which is added just before returning from\nthe GROUP_CREATE ioctl function. The mark is checked for all ioctls\nthat specify the group handle and so userspace won't be abe to delete\na group that isn't marked yet.\n\nv2: Add R-bs and fixes tags"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The flaw is reached through concurrent GROUP_CREATE and GROUP_DESTROY ioctls on a Panthor DRM device node, making it locally exploitable.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both racing threads, handles are predictably allocated from a 1–128 range, and attacker-controlled queue allocations widen the repeatable race window.\nPR:L - Both ioctls have DRM_RENDER_ALLOW, and low or medium group priorities require no capability; a basic unprivileged process with render-node access suffices.\nUI:N - The attacker directly issues the concurrent ioctls without requiring any action from another user.\nS:U - The corruption affects the host kernel within the same security authority and represents standard local privilege escalation, not a VM or IOMMU-boundary escape.\nC:H - The group can be freed and reclaimed while creation continues dereferencing stale pointers, providing exploitable heap corruption that can enable arbitrary kernel-memory disclosure.\nI:H - Post-free operations write queue pointers, counters, list links, locks, and task metadata into reclaimed memory, enabling arbitrary corruption and potential control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - Concurrent cleanup can free the group and associated resources while they remain in use, allowing repeatable kernel crashes, oopses, or panics."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c"],"versions":[{"version":"de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b","lessThan":"deb8b2491f6b9882ae02d7dc2651c7bf4f3b7e05","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b","lessThan":"c646ebff3fa571e7ea974235286fb9ed3edc260c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b","lessThan":"eec7e23d848d2194dd8791fcd0f4a54d4378eecd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.13","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.2","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb8b2491f6b9882ae02d7dc2651c7bf4f3b7e05"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c646ebff3fa571e7ea974235286fb9ed3edc260c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eec7e23d848d2194dd8791fcd0f4a54d4378eecd"}],"title":"drm/panthor: Prevent potential UAF in group creation","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}