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CVE-2025-68285VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_131_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_137_1

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 47% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official kpatch live patch modules to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided kpatch updates for kernel-4.18.0-372.131.1.el8_6 and reboot their systems to ensure the patch is fully applied. Refer to Red Hat's official update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) for detailed instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-68285) exists in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel live patch module for kernel-4.18.0-372.131.1.el8_6. The flaw is a potential use-after-free in the libceph component function have_mon_and_osd_map(). This issue has been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat. A patch is available via kpatch live patch modules, and a system reboot is required to apply the update.

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