Linux Kernel up to 6.12.62/6.17.12/6.18.1 ALSA put_user buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.62/6.17.12/6.18.1. This affects the function put_user of the component ALSA. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-68753. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.62/6.17.12/6.18.1. Affected is the function put_user of the component ALSA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: add bounds check in put_user loop for DSP events In the DSP event handling code, a put_user() loop copies event data. When the user buffer size is not aligned to 4 bytes, it could overwrite beyond the buffer boundary. Fix by adding a bounds check before put_user().

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68753 since 12/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/13/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 281757 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68753), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2 or 6.19-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0d71b3c2ed742f1ccb3b0b7a61afb90c0251093f/df692cf2b601a54b34edfdb9e683d67483aa8ce1/8f9e51cf2a2a43d0cd72d3dc0b5ccea3f639c187/298e753880b6ea99ac30df34959a7a03b0878eed 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 (281757), EUVD (EUVD-2026-0893) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0009). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Microsoft Azure Linux
• Debian Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SUSE Linux
• SUSE openSUSE

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.12.26
• 6.12.27
• 6.12.28
• 6.12.29
• 6.12.30
• 6.12.31
• 6.12.32
• 6.12.33
• 6.12.34
• 6.12.35
• 6.12.36
• 6.12.37
• 6.12.38
• 6.12.39
• 6.12.40
• 6.12.41
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• 6.12.50
• 6.12.51
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• 6.12.53
• 6.12.54
• 6.12.55
• 6.12.56
• 6.12.57
• 6.12.58
• 6.12.59
• 6.12.60
• 6.12.61
• 6.12.62
• 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
• 6.17.12
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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