---
id: CVE-2025-68253
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow

  syzbot was able to find the following path:
    add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline]
    inc…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow

  syzbot was able to find the following path:
    add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline]
    inc…
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-2025-68253'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504174133453e3af73e626e328603d7eb5986f34'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83aab85e18103a6dc066b4939e2c92a02bb1b05'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00172
epssPercentile: 0.0611
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.467Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow

syzbot was able to find the following path:
  add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline]
  inc_stack_record_count mm/page_owner.c:214 [inline]
  __set_page_owner+0x2c3/0x4a0 mm/page_owner.c:333
  set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
  post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851
  prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline]
  get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858
  alloc_pages_nolock_noprof+0x94/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:7554

Don't spin in add_stack_record_to_list() when it is called
from *_nolock() context.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.