CVE-2025-68256 Affecting gfs2-kmp-default package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.31.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-GFS2KMPDEFAULT-15269834
  • published12 Feb 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2026

Introduced: 11 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-68256  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 gfs2-kmp-default to version 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gfs2-kmp-default package and not the gfs2-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser

The Information Element (IE) parser rtw_get_ie() trusted the length byte of each IE without validating that the IE body (len bytes after the 2-byte header) fits inside the remaining frame buffer. A malformed frame can advertise an IE length larger than the available data, causing the parser to increment its pointer beyond the buffer end. This results in out-of-bounds reads or, depending on the pattern, an infinite loop.

Fix by validating that (offset + 2 + len) does not exceed the limit before accepting the IE or advancing to the next element.

This prevents OOB reads and ensures the parser terminates safely on malformed frames.

CVSS Base Scores

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