CVE-2025-68347: Linux kernel · ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events The DSP event handling code in hwdep_read() could write more bytes to the user buffer than requested, when a user provides a buffer smaller than the event header size (8 bytes). Fix by using min_t() to clamp the copy size, This ensures we never copy more than the user requested.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68347 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/161291bac551821bba98eb4ea84c82338578d1b0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/16620f0617400746984362c3d6ac547eeae1d35f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/210d77cca3d0494ed30a5c628b20c1d95fa04fb1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6275fd726d53a8ec724f20201cf3bd862711e17b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdda0d06f8650e33255f79839f188bbece44117c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddd32ec66bc4eb6969fe835e4cc1c0706c6348fe (opens in a new tab)