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CVE-2025-68285VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-284_104_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-284_117_1

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC

Severity
High

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 5 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 updated kpatch live patch modules that fix the vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as provided by Red Hat and reboot the system to ensure the patch takes effect. Detailed update instructions are available at Red Hat's official advisory page. No additional mitigation actions are indicated beyond applying the official patch and rebooting.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-68285) exists in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel live patch module for kernel-5.14.0-284.92.1.el9_2. The issue is a potential use-after-free flaw in the libceph component's have_mon_and_osd_map() function. Red Hat has released updated kpatch modules to address this vulnerability. The update requires a system reboot to take effect.

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