CVE-2025-68737 | arm64/pageattr: Propagate return value from __change_memory_common

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/pageattr: Propagate return value from __change_memory_common The rodata=on security measure requires that any code path which does vmalloc -> set_memory_ro/set_memory_rox must protect the linear map alias too. Therefore, if such a call fails, we must abort set_memory_* and caller must take appropriate action; currently we are suppressing the error, and there is a real chance of such an error arising post commit a166563e7ec3 ("arm64: mm: support large block mapping when rodata=full"). Therefore, propagate any error to the caller.

Published: 2025-12-24 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68737 is rated Low Risk (5.5/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). 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-2025-68737

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% 0.16% +0.14%
2 2025-12-25 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68737

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68737

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68737

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-68737 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-2025-68737
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68737
suse medium CVE-2025-68737 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-2025-68737/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68737 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-2025-68737

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68737

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.18, < 6.18.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.18, < 6.19 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-68737

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