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CVE-2025-68171: Linux 5.16
CVE-2025-68171. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00154 (percentile 0.04047), scored 13-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 to before eefbfb722042fc9210d2e0ac2b063fd1abf51895, 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 to before 1811c610653c0cd21cc9add14595b7cffaeca511, 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 to before 5b2619b488f1d08b960c43c6468dd0759e8b3035, 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 to before 3f735419c4b43cde42e6d408db39137b82474e31, 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 to before 388eff894d6bc5f921e9bfff0e4b0ab2684a96e9
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00154 · percentile 0.04047 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 15:56:36.793806+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-68171.html