{"cve":"CVE-2025-68732","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T11:16:02.497","modified":"2026-10-13T11:10:00.203","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free\n\nFix race condition between host1x_syncpt_alloc()\nand host1x_syncpt_put() by using kref_put_mutex()\ninstead of kref_put() + manual mutex locking.\n\nThis ensures no thread can acquire the\nsyncpt_mutex after the refcount drops to zero\nbut before syncpt_release acquires it.\nThis prevents races where syncpoints could\nbe allocated while still being cleaned up\nfrom a previous release.\n\nRemove explicit mutex locking in syncpt_release\nas kref_put_mutex() handles this atomically.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aeaece518fa4436af93d1d8b786200d9656ff4b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e6e07ce0197aecfb6c4a62862acc93b3efedeb7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6245cce711e2cdb2cc75c0bb8632952e36f8c972","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79197c6007f2afbfd7bcf5b9b80ccabf8483d774","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d393267c497502fa737607f435f05dfe6e3d9b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68732","score":0.00193,"percentile":0.08917,"date":"2026-10-26"},"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."]}