{"cve":"CVE-2025-68229","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:57.067","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show()\n\nIf the allocation of tl_hba->sh fails in tcm_loop_driver_probe() and we\nattempt to dereference it in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() we will get a\nsegfault, see below for an example. So, check tl_hba->sh before\ndereferencing it.\n\n  Unable to allocate struct scsi_host\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000194\n  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n  PGD 0 P4D 0\n  Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n  CPU: 1 PID: 8356 Comm: tokio-runtime-w Not tainted 6.6.104.2-4.azl3 #1\n  Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/28/2024\n  RIP: 0010:tcm_loop_tpg_address_show+0x2e/0x50 [tcm_loop]\n...\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   configfs_read_iter+0x12d/0x1d0 [configfs]\n   vfs_read+0x1b5/0x300\n   ksys_read+0x6f/0xf0\n...","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13aff3b8a7184281b134698704d6c06863a8361b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9ba455b5073253ceaadae4859546e38e8261fe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8c517f6eb27e47b1a198e05f8023038329b40b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f511d3855f7f4b35dd63dbc58fc3d935a81268","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72e8831079266749a7023618a0de2f289a9dced6"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68229","score":0.00204,"percentile":0.10279,"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."]}