{"id":"CVE-2025-68177","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq/longhaul: handle NULL policy in longhaul_exit\n\nlonghaul_exit() was calling cpufreq_cpu_get(0) without checking\nfor a NULL policy pointer","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq/longhaul: handle NULL policy in longhaul_exit\n\nlonghaul_exit() was calling cpufreq_cpu_get(0) without checking\nfor a NULL policy pointer. On some systems, this …","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68177","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55cf586b9556863e3c2a45460aba71bcb2be5bcd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592532a77b736b5153e0c2e4c74aa50af0a352ab","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64adabb6d9d51b7e7c02fe733346a2c4dd738488","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809cf2a7794ca4c14c304b349f4c3ae220701ce4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6791c480f22d6e9a566eaa77336d3d37c5c591","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/956b56d17a89775e4957bbddefa45cd3c6c71000","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02352dd2e6cca98777714cc2a27553191df70db","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd93e1d71b3b14443092919be12b1abf08de35eb","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00212,"epssPercentile":0.1064,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.445Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68177","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq/longhaul: handle NULL policy in longhaul_exit\n\nlonghaul_exit() was calling cpufreq_cpu_get(0) without checking\nfor a NULL policy pointer. On some systems, this could lead to a\nNULL dereference and a kernel warning or panic.\n\nThis patch adds a check using unlikely() and returns early if the\npolicy is NULL.\n\nBugzilla: #219962\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}