Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0 spinlock do_raw_write_lock race condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0. This issue affects the function do_raw_write_lock of the component spinlock. This manipulation causes race condition. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-68336. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function do_raw_write_lock of the component spinlock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/spinlock/debug: Fix data-race in do_raw_write_lock KCSAN reports: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in do_raw_write_lock / do_raw_write_lock write (marked) to 0xffff800009cf504c of 4 bytes by task 1102 on cpu 1: do_raw_write_lock+0x120/0x204 _raw_write_lock_irq do_exit call_usermodehelper_exec_async ret_from_fork read to 0xffff800009cf504c of 4 bytes by task 1103 on cpu 0: do_raw_write_lock+0x88/0x204 _raw_write_lock_irq do_exit call_usermodehelper_exec_async ret_from_fork value changed: 0xffffffff -> 0x00000001 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 PID: 1103 Comm: kworker/u4:1 6.1.111 Commit 1a365e822372 ("locking/spinlock/debug: Fix various data races") has adressed most of these races, but seems to be not consistent/not complete. >From do_raw_write_lock() only debug_write_lock_after() part has been converted to WRITE_ONCE(), but not debug_write_lock_before() part. Do it now.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-68336 since 12/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279560 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68336), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1 or 6.19-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b163a5e8c703201c905d6ec7920ed79d167e8442/16b3590c0e1e615757dade098c8fbc0d4f040c76/396a9270a7b90886be501611b13aa636f2e8c703/c14ecb555c3ee80eeb030a4e46d00e679537f03a 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 (279560), EUVD (EUVD-2025-204724) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2914). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Open Source Linux Kernel

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
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• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
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• 6.12.60
• 6.12.61
• 6.13
• 6.14
• 6.15
• 6.16
• 6.17
• 6.17.0
• 6.17.1
• 6.17.2
• 6.17.3
• 6.17.4
• 6.17.5
• 6.17.6
• 6.17.7
• 6.17.8
• 6.17.9
• 6.17.10
• 6.17.11
• 6.18.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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