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CVE-2025-68795: Linux 2.6.12

CVE-2025-68795. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00171 (percentile 0.0608), scored 19-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3df375a1e75483b7d973c3cc2e46aa374db8428b, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before f9dc0f45d2cd0189ce666288a29d2cc32c2e44d5, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 4afcb985355210e1688560dc47e64b94dad35d71, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before ca9983bc3a1189bd72f9ae449d925a66b2616326, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7bea09f60f2ad5d232e2db8f1c14e850fd3fd416, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 4066b5b546293f44cd6d0e84ece6e3ee7ff27093, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7b07be1ff1cb6c49869910518650e8d0abc7d25f
Linux

Linux · 2.6.12
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/ethtool/ioctl.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.

Published

CWE
CWE-122
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
0.00171 · percentile 0.0608 · 2026-10-19
KEV
no

Provenance

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-68795.html