Local service hang via unlocked configfs list traversal
Published Dec 16, 2025 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
A race in Linux netconsole 6.9 through 6.17.7 allows local users to hang a kernel operation through concurrent configfs changes. The update_userdata() and count_extradata_entries() paths traverse userdata_group.cg_children without holding su_mutex, so concurrent list_del_init() can leave the iterator cycling on a self-linked node. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and dynamic netconsole configfs operations; the demonstrated consequence is a nonterminating kernel list walk rather than data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
A race in Linux netconsole 6.9 through 6.17.7 allows local users to hang a kernel operation through concurrent configfs changes. The update_userdata() and count_extradata_entries() paths traverse userdata_group.cg_children without holding su_mutex, so concurrent list_del_init() can leave the iterator cycling on a self-linked node. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and dynamic netconsole configfs operations; the demonstrated consequence is a nonterminating kernel list walk rather than data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-68319
- Published
- Dec 16, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Dec 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.9
- Affected versionversion=df03f830d099f0811281a222aefdd9d400fa0b72 <d7d2fcf7ae31471b4e08b7e448b8fd0ec2e06a1b
- Affected versionversion=df03f830d099f0811281a222aefdd9d400fa0b72 <ff70aa7e8cf05745fdba7258952a8bedf33ea336
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