Vulnerability · Published Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-68265nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime The namespaces can access the controller's admin request_queue, and stale references on the namespaces may exist after tearing down the controller. Ensure the admin request_queue is active by moving the controller's 'put' to after all controller references have been released to ensure no one is can access the request_queue. This fixes a reported use-after-free bug: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88c0a53819f8 by task nvme/3287 CPU: 67 UID: 0 PID: 3287 Comm: nvme Tainted: G E 6.13.2-ga1582f1a031e #15 Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Jabil /EGS 2S MB1, BIOS 1.00 06/18/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x60 print_report+0xc4/0x620 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x70/0xb0 ? _raw_read_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x30 ? blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 kasan_report+0xab/0xe0 ? blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 blk_queue_enter+0x41c/0x4a0 ? __irq_work_queue_local+0x75/0x1d0 ? blk_queue_start_drain+0x70/0x70 ? irq_work_queue+0x18/0x20 ? vprintk_emit.part.0+0x1cc/0x350 ? wake_up_klogd_work_func+0x60/0x60 blk_mq_alloc_request+0x2b7/0x6b0 ? __blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x1060/0x1060 ? __switch_to+0x5b7/0x1060 nvme_submit_user_cmd+0xa9/0x330 nvme_user_cmd.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0 ? force_sigsegv+0xe0/0xe0 ? nvme_user_cmd64+0x400/0x400 ? vfs_fileattr_set+0x9b0/0x9b0 ? cgroup_update_frozen_flag+0x24/0x1c0 ? cgroup_leave_frozen+0x204/0x330 ? nvme_ioctl+0x7c/0x2c0 blkdev_ioctl+0x1a8/0x4d0 ? blkdev_common_ioctl+0x1930/0x1930 ? fdget+0x54/0x380 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x129/0x190 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7f765f703b0b Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 79 9b 49 c7 c4 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d 4c 89 e0 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d dd 52 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffe2cefe808 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffe2cefe860 RCX: 00007f765f703b0b RDX: 00007ffe2cefe860 RSI: 00000000c0484e41 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00007f765f611d50 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: 00000000c0484e41 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007ffe2cefea60 </TASK>

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.170-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68265
Debian:13linux6.12.63-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68265
Debian:14linux6.17.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-19.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60USN-8258-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1USN-8440-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1USN-8179-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-19.19~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1USN-8185-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22USN-8265-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-19.19.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.176.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1028.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68265

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux fe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160 – before 4896491c497226022626c3acc46044fd182f943cfe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160 – before a505f0ba36ab24176c300d7ff56aff85c2977e6cfe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160 – before e8061d02b49c5c901980f58d91e96580e9a14acffe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160 – before e7dac681790556c131854b97551337aa8042215bfe60e8c534118a288cd251a59d747cbf5c03e160 – before 03b3bcd319b3ab5182bc9aaa0421351572c78ac0
Linux Linux 6.1

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