{"cve":"CVE-2025-68247","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T15:15:53.987","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nposix-timers: Plug potential memory leak in do_timer_create()\n\nWhen posix timer creation is set to allocate a given timer ID and the\naccess to the user space value faults, the function terminates without\nfreeing the already allocated posix timer structure.\n\nMove the allocation after the user space access to cure that.\n\n[ tglx: Massaged change log ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0fd4d42e27f761e9cc82801b3f183e658dc749d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f417f44524e7fc098e787c718d838b32723c0b2d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68247","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.06553,"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."]}