Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-68753

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: add bounds check in put_user loop for DSP events In the DSP event handling code, a put_user() loop copies event data. When the user buffer size is not aligned to 4 bytes, it could overwrite beyond the buffer boundary. Fix by adding a bounds check before put_user().

EPSS: 0.002 (5.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 634ec0b2906efd46f6f57977e172aa3470aca432, 5.16, 0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68753?
CVE-2025-68753 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2025-68753?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.