CVE-2025-68302 | net: sxgbe: fix potential NULL dereference in sxgbe_rx()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sxgbe: fix potential NULL dereference in sxgbe_rx() Currently, when skb is null, the driver prints an error and then dereferences skb on the next line. To fix this, let's add a 'break' after the error message to switch to sxgbe_rx_refill(), which is similar to the approach taken by the other drivers in this particular case, e.g. calxeda with xgmac_rx(). Found during a code review.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68302 is rated Low Risk (16.5/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 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-2025-68302

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 0.02% 0.05% +0.03%
2 2025-12-17 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68302

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68302

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68302

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-68302 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-2025-68302
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68302
suse medium CVE-2025-68302 severity moderate: SUSE including 362 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 654 product×package rows across 97 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (97 product lines)): Fixed 392, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 25, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68302/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68302 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 181, released 160, needed 49, pending 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68302

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68302

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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References for CVE-2025-68302

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