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CVE-2025-68792: Linux kernel · tpm2-sessions: Fix out of range indexing in name_size

Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in 6.17.0-1018.18 : patch Linux kernel soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.17.0-1018.18, 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1 +1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

What to do

Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.17.0-1018.18, 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1 or 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
linux-hwe-edgeAffected
  • <6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1
  • <6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1
  • <6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1
  • <6.17.0-1018.18
Fixed in
  • 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1
  • 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1
  • 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1
  • 6.17.0-1018.18

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid untrusted input to the TPM2 sessions component.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm2-sessions: Fix out of range indexing in name_size 'name_size' does not have any range checks, and it just directly indexes with TPM_ALG_ID, which could lead into memory corruption at worst. Address the issue by only processing known values and returning -EINVAL for unrecognized values. Make also 'tpm_buf_append_name' and 'tpm_buf_fill_hmac_session' fallible so that errors are detected before causing any spurious TPM traffic. End also the authorization session on failure in both of the functions, as the session state would be then by definition corrupted.

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