#VU120037 Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68217
Published: December 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120037
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68217
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the pegasus_probe() function in drivers/input/tablet/pegasus_notetaker.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015b719962696b793997e8deefac019f816aca77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/084264e10e2ae8938a54355123ad977eb9df56d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36bc92b838ff72f62f2c17751a9013b29ead2513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69aeb507312306f73495598a055293fa749d454e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/763c3f4d2394a697d14af1335d3bb42f05c9409f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab67eff6d654e34ba6da07c64761aa87c2a3c26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e746651bd74c38f581e1cf31651119a94de8cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d344ea1baf1946c90f0cd6f9daeb5f3e0a0ca479