{"id":"CVE-2025-68373","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: avoid repeated calls to del_gendisk\n\nThere is a uaf problem which is found by case 23rdev-lifetime:\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical addr…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: avoid repeated calls to del_gendisk\n\nThere is a uaf problem which is found by case 23rdev-lifetime:\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical addr…","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-24","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T11:10:00.203","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68373","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e3bb44c0a86e245d8e5c6520206fa113acb1ee","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c5cf406062ad44cd178269571530c6435b2f3b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0fae1debeb9102398ddf2ef69b4f5d395afafed","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00186,"epssPercentile":0.0754,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T11:23:51.154Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68373","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: avoid repeated calls to del_gendisk\n\nThere is a uaf problem which is found by case 23rdev-lifetime:\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000122\nRIP: 0010:bdi_unregister+0x4b/0x170\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __del_gendisk+0x356/0x3e0\n mddev_unlock+0x351/0x360\n rdev_attr_store+0x217/0x280\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14a/0x210\n vfs_write+0x29e/0x550\n ksys_write+0x74/0xf0\n do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x380\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7ff5250a177e\n\nThe sequence is:\n1. rdev remove path gets reconfig_mutex\n2. rdev remove path release reconfig_mutex in mddev_unlock\n3. md stop calls do_md_stop and sets MD_DELETED\n4. rdev remove path calls del_gendisk because MD_DELETED is set\n5. md stop path release reconfig_mutex and calls del_gendisk again\n\nSo there is a race condition we should resolve. This patch adds a\nflag MD_DO_DELETE to avoid the race condition.\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":[]}