Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68175

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Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68175

Published: December 16, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU120129
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68175
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the mxc_isi_video_init_channel(), mxc_isi_vb2_stop_streaming(), mxc_isi_video_s_fmt() and mxc_isi_video_release() functions in drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-video.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-68175

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136, 6.8.0-1046.50, 6.8.0-1059.67, 6.8.0-1064.72, 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1056.57, 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2, 6.17.0-14.14, 6.17.0-1006.7, 6.17.0-1008.8
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136+fips2, 6.8.0-136.136.2, 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.31, 6.8.0-1033.34, 6.8.0-1061.62, 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1059.62, 6.8.0-1059.62.1, 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+1, 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.65, 6.8.0-2050.52
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1, 6.17.0-1008.8
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.85-1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1011.11

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