Linux Kernel up to 6.17.11 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.17.11 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68334. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.17.11. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86/amd/pmc: Add support for Van Gogh SoC The ROG Xbox Ally (non-X) SoC features a similar architecture to the Steam Deck. While the Steam Deck supports S3 (s2idle causes a crash), this support was dropped by the Xbox Ally which only S0ix suspend. Since the handler is missing here, this causes the device to not suspend and the AMD GPU driver to crash while trying to resume afterwards due to a power hang.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-68334 since 12/16/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279575 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68334), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.17.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9654c56b111cd1415aca7e77f0c63c109453c409/db4a3f0fbedb0398f77b9047e8b8bb2b49f355bb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (279575) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2914). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Open Source Linux Kernel

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 279575
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68334

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 6.17.12
Patch: 9654c56b111cd1415aca7e77f0c63c109453c409/db4a3f0fbedb0398f77b9047e8b8bb2b49f355bb

Timelineinfo

12/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/22/2025 +6 days Advisory disclosed
12/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/04/2026 +13 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-68334 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-68334
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337754
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2914 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Entryinfo

Created: 12/22/2025 18:20
Updated: 01/04/2026 22:52
Changes: 12/22/2025 18:20 (57), 12/23/2025 20:40 (2), 01/04/2026 22:52 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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