In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn() For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios may occur: lock(&rq->__lock); <Interrupt> lock(&rq->__lock); This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to initialize rq->scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn() is always invoked in hard-irq context.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68333 is rated Low Risk (22.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.09% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-12-23 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-68333 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68333 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68333 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-68333 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 311 product×package rows across 61 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3, … (61 product lines)): Known Not Affected 311. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68333/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-68333 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 183, needed 113, released 99. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68333 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.12, < 6.12.68 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.17.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |