Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.5,6.12.114)[6.13,6.17.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20700964
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed16 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-68174  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.12.114, 6.17.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') through a race condition in the kfd_process_wq_release process. An attacker can achieve kernel memory disclosure, arbitrary kernel memory write, and potential code execution by exploiting stale references to freed objects during concurrent GPU partition switching and process teardown.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1