VulnerabilityPublished 16 Dec 2025Updated 5 Nov 2026

CVE-2025-68223: Linux kernel · drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · fixed in d40a72d7e3bad4dfb311ef078f5a57362f088c7f : update Linux kernel when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 21:34 UTC

Severity

Unrated

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Exploitation: No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
Automatable: Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
Technical impact: Limited control over the software or limited information exposure

CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-11-05.

Patch

Available – fixed in d40a72d7e3bad4dfb311ef078f5a57362f088c7f, 73bc12d6a547f9571ce4393acfd73c004e2df9e5, 9eb00b5f5697bd56baa3222c7a1426fa15bacfb5 +2

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 954605ca3f897ad617123279eb3404a404cce5ab, < d40a72d7e3bad4dfb311ef078f5a57362f088c7f	Fixed in d40a72d7e3bad4dfb311ef078f5a57362f088c7f
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 954605ca3f897ad617123279eb3404a404cce5ab, < 73bc12d6a547f9571ce4393acfd73c004e2df9e5	Fixed in 73bc12d6a547f9571ce4393acfd73c004e2df9e5
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 954605ca3f897ad617123279eb3404a404cce5ab, < 9eb00b5f5697bd56baa3222c7a1426fa15bacfb5	Fixed in 9eb00b5f5697bd56baa3222c7a1426fa15bacfb5
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 954605ca3f897ad617123279eb3404a404cce5ab, < 9d0ed508a9e2af82951ce7d834f58c139fc2bd9b	Fixed in 9d0ed508a9e2af82951ce7d834f58c139fc2bd9b
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 954605ca3f897ad617123279eb3404a404cce5ab, < 7e3e9b3a44c23c8eac86a41308c05077d6d30f41	Fixed in 7e3e9b3a44c23c8eac86a41308c05077d6d30f41
LinuxLinux	Affected =3.18	Fixed in–

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock Delete the attempt to progress the queue when checking if fence is signaled. This avoids deadlock. dma-fence_ops::signaled can be called with the fence lock in unknown state. For radeon, the fence lock is also the wait queue lock. This can cause a self deadlock when signaled() tries to make forward progress on the wait queue. But advancing the queue is unneeded because incorrectly returning false from signaled() is perfectly acceptable. (cherry picked from commit 527ba26e50ec2ca2be9c7c82f3ad42998a75d0db)

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