platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption
Priority LOW 33Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption This passes the address of the pointer "&punit_ipcdev" when the intent was to pass the pointer itself "punit_ipcdev" (without the ampersand). This means that the: complete(&ipcdev->cmd_complete); in intel_punit_ioc() will write to a wrong memory address corrupting it.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00144 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.119 +3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.119, 6.12.61, 6.17.11, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68303
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jxwj-6v7h-hf97
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15d560cdf5b36c51fffec07ac2a983ab3bff4cb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e9d6f54184573dae1dcbcf6685a572ba6f4480
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7442c5802146fd418ba3f68dcb9ca92b5cec83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21615a4ac6fecbb586d59fe2206b63501021789
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ee6d38996775a19bfdf20cb01a9b8698cb0baa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9c0adbc3f8a524d291baccc9d0c04097fb4869
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68303 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68303 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jxwj-6v7h-hf97 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68303 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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