{"cve":"CVE-2025-68253","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T15:15:54.660","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: don't spin in add_stack_record when gfp flags don't allow\n\nsyzbot was able to find the following path:\n  add_stack_record_to_list mm/page_owner.c:182 [inline]\n  inc_stack_record_count mm/page_owner.c:214 [inline]\n  __set_page_owner+0x2c3/0x4a0 mm/page_owner.c:333\n  set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]\n  post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851\n  prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline]\n  get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858\n  alloc_pages_nolock_noprof+0x94/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:7554\n\nDon't spin in add_stack_record_to_list() when it is called\nfrom *_nolock() context.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504174133453e3af73e626e328603d7eb5986f34","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83aab85e18103a6dc066b4939e2c92a02bb1b05"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68253","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.06554,"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."]}