{"cve":"CVE-2025-68177","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:49.650","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"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 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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55cf586b9556863e3c2a45460aba71bcb2be5bcd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592532a77b736b5153e0c2e4c74aa50af0a352ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64adabb6d9d51b7e7c02fe733346a2c4dd738488","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809cf2a7794ca4c14c304b349f4c3ae220701ce4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6791c480f22d6e9a566eaa77336d3d37c5c591"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68177","score":0.00212,"percentile":0.11344,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}