CVE-2026-68125: Linux kernel · Integer Overflow
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in fd3a3f28ed60c6af4b2a39933b151d6b27842c3b : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 24% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- 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
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in fd3a3f28ed60c6af4b2a39933b151d6b27842c3b, f27ce82eb04960465df71634b196a48a4ecafd50, f20dedce0429b293d4bad604e0d3f65d8ac96c83 +5
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Aug 2026
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.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: llsec: reject frames shorter than the authentication tag llsec_do_decrypt_auth() computes the associated-data length for the AEAD request as assoclen += datalen - authlen; where datalen is the number of bytes after the MAC header and authlen (4, 8 or 16) is the length of the authentication tag. Nothing verifies that the frame actually carries at least authlen payload bytes. A secured frame whose payload is shorter than the tag makes datalen - authlen negative; assoclen is then passed to aead_request_set_ad() as an unsigned value close to 4 GiB, so crypto_aead_decrypt() walks far off the end of the scatterlist that only spans the real frame. The frame is fully attacker-controlled and reaches this path from any IEEE 802.15.4 peer in radio range. Reject frames whose payload is shorter than the authentication tag before the subtraction. Dynamically reproduced on a KASAN kernel as a general-protection-fault in the AEAD scatterwalk, and the fix confirmed.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27ce82eb04960465df71634b196a48a4ecafd50 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d6b42a61373144298070668fddf06efe79cf2ff (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec7e62d77193131227df49d654d118fdf5a59892 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bbf0cd9b6a7076af86c75e87e180099be2e11ae (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/de80808f37d99c6dc67bb6f97eea00c8f57a8821 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f20dedce0429b293d4bad604e0d3f65d8ac96c83 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09e0301d616c1ef38a5e64e8e4326fd39df13cc (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd3a3f28ed60c6af4b2a39933b151d6b27842c3b (opens in a new tab)