CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68724

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's asymmetric_key_generate_id function can cause integer overflow when adding binary blob lengths and the size of an asymmetric_key_id structure. An attacker could exploit this by providing malicious X.509 certificate fields, such as ASN.1 INTEGER serial numbers or issuer names, leading to a potential buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential remote code execution or system crash via specially crafted X.509 certificates, compromising system integrity and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix preventing integer overflow in the asymmetric_key_generate_id function.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id Use check_add_overflow() to guard against potential integer overflows when adding the binary blob lengths and the size of an asymmetric_key_id structure and return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW) accordingly. This prevents a possible buffer overflow when copying data from potentially malicious X.509 certificate fields that can be arbitrarily large, such as ASN.1 INTEGER serial numbers, issuer names, etc.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS