CVE-2025-68229 | scsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() If the allocation of tl_hba->sh fails in tcm_loop_driver_probe() and we attempt to dereference it in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() we will get a segfault, see below for an example. So, check tl_hba->sh before dereferencing it. Unable to allocate struct scsi_host BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000194 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 8356 Comm: tokio-runtime-w Not tainted 6.6.104.2-4.azl3 #1 Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/28/2024 RIP: 0010:tcm_loop_tpg_address_show+0x2e/0x50 [tcm_loop] ... Call Trace: <TASK> configfs_read_iter+0x12d/0x1d0 [configfs] vfs_read+0x1b5/0x300 ksys_read+0x6f/0xf0 ...

Published: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68229 is rated Low Risk (18.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68229

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-05-14 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2026-01-18 0.06%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68229

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68229

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68229

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-68229 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68229
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68229
suse medium CVE-2025-68229 severity moderate: SUSE including 4 source package names (kernel-default, kernel-default-base, kernel-default-devel, kernel-source), 6 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE): Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68229/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68229 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 179, released 160, needed 45, not-affected 8, pending 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68229

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References for CVE-2025-68229

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