CVE-2025-68377 | ns: initialize ns_list_node for initial namespaces

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ns: initialize ns_list_node for initial namespaces Make sure that the list is always initialized for initial namespaces.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68377 is rated Low Risk (4.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 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-2025-68377

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 2025-12-24 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68377

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68377

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68377

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-68377 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-2025-68377
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68377
suse medium CVE-2025-68377 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 323 product×package rows across 62 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3, … (62 product lines)): Known Not Affected 317, Fixed 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68377/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68377 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 173, not-affected 139, released 83. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68377

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68377

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-68377

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