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CVE-2025-68253

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow syzbot was able to find the following path: add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline] inc_stack_record_count…

UnscoredEPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow syzbot was able to find the following path: add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline] inc_stack_record_count mm/page_owner.c:214 [inline] __set_page_owner+0x2c3/0x4a0 mm/page_owner.c:333 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline] post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline] get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858 alloc_pages_nolock_noprof+0x94/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:7554 Don't spin in add_stack_record_to_list() when it is called from *_nolock() context.

CVSS
Not yet scored
EPSS
0.17% probability · 7th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.17%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.