Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68179

Vulnerability identifier: #VU120132

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-2025-68179

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the function in arch/s390/Kconfig. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-default
kernel-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-source
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-extra
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-debug
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-106.106, 6.8.0-106.106.1, 6.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1035.38, 6.8.0-1047.48, 6.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1048.53, 6.8.0-1049.49, 6.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1050.53, 6.8.0-1052.55, 6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1, 6.17.0-14.14, 6.17.0-1006.7, 6.17.0-1008.8
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-106.106+fips1, 6.8.0-1050.53+fips1, 6.8.0-1052.55+fips1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1029.30
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1049.52, 6.8.0-1049.52.1, 6.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1050.54, 6.8.0-2040.41
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1051.57, 6.17.0-1008.8
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1052.58+fips1
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.1-1045.46, 6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1011.11

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e23918e4352288323d13fb511116cdea0234b71
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e2f60f355e556337fcffe80b9bcff1b22c9c42
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7088465f10816d9425b95740b37c95f082041d76
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a8238e5729505b7394ccb007e5dc3e557aa66b

• Buffer overflow in Linux kernel s390
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.17
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-fips
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
• Ubuntu update for linux-realtime
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-raspi
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fips
• Ubuntu update for linux-xilinx
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel