CVE-2025-68362 | wifi: rtl818x: rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl818x: rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb() The rtl8187_rx_cb() calculates the rx descriptor header address by subtracting its size from the skb tail pointer. However, it does not validate if the received packet (skb->len from urb->actual_length) is large enough to contain this header. If a truncated packet is received, this will lead to a buffer underflow, reading memory before the start of the skb data area, and causing a kernel panic. Add length checks for both rtl8187 and rtl8187b descriptor headers before attempting to access them, dropping the packet cleanly if the check fails.

Published: 2025-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68362 is rated Low Risk (20.7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68362

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 2026-06-03 0.05% 0.07% +0.02%
2 2026-05-23 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2026-02-18 0.05%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68362

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68362

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68362

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-68362 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-2025-68362
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68362
suse medium CVE-2025-68362 severity moderate: SUSE including 478 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 978 product×package rows across 172 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (172 product lines)): Fixed 697, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 25, Known Not Affected 25. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68362/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68362 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, released 147, needed 50, pending 14, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68362

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68362

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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References for CVE-2025-68362

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