CVE-2025-68285 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-68285
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-68285 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕒 18 Dec 2025, 15:08 UTC
Originally published on: 🕓 16 Dec 2025, 16:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-68285 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-68285: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() The wait loop in __ceph_open_session() can race with the client receiving a new monmap or osdmap shortly after the initial map is received. Both ceph_monc_handle_map() and handle_one_map() install a new map immediately after freeing the old one kfree(monc->monmap); monc->monmap = monmap; ceph_osdmap_destroy(osdc->osdmap); osdc->osdmap = newmap; under client->monc.mutex and client->osdc.lock respectively, but because neither is taken in have_mon_and_osd_map() it's possible for client->monc.monmap->epoch and client->osdc.osdmap->epoch arms in client->monc.monmap && client->monc.monmap->epoch && client->osdc.osdmap && client->osdc.osdmap->epoch; condition to dereference an already freed map. This happens to be reproducible with generic/395 and generic/397 with KASAN enabled: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map+0x56/0x70 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811012d810 by task mount.ceph/13305 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 13305 Comm: mount.ceph Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2-build2+ #1266 ... Call Trace: <TASK> have_mon_and_osd_map+0x56/0x70 ceph_open_session+0x182/0x290 ceph_get_tree+0x333/0x680 vfs_get_tree+0x49/0x180 do_new_mount+0x1a3/0x2d0 path_mount+0x6dd/0x730 do_mount+0x99/0xe0 __do_sys_mount+0x141/0x180 do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e </TASK> Allocated by task 13305: ceph_osdmap_alloc+0x16/0x130 ceph_osdc_init+0x27a/0x4c0 ceph_create_client+0x153/0x190 create_fs_client+0x50/0x2a0 ceph_get_tree+0xff/0x680 vfs_get_tree+0x49/0x180 do_new_mount+0x1a3/0x2d0 path_mount+0x6dd/0x730 do_mount+0x99/0xe0 __do_sys_mount+0x141/0x180 do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 9475: kfree+0x212/0x290 handle_one_map+0x23c/0x3b0 ceph_osdc_handle_map+0x3c9/0x590 mon_dispatch+0x655/0x6f0 ceph_con_process_message+0xc3/0xe0 ceph_con_v1_try_read+0x614/0x760 ceph_con_workfn+0x2de/0x650 process_one_work+0x486/0x7c0 process_scheduled_works+0x73/0x90 worker_thread+0x1c8/0x2a0 kthread+0x2ec/0x300 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x40 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Rewrite the wait loop to check the above condition directly with client->monc.mutex and client->osdc.lock taken as appropriate. While at it, improve the timeout handling (previously mount_timeout could be exceeded in case wait_event_interruptible_timeout() slept more than once) and access client->auth_err under client->monc.mutex to match how it's set in finish_auth(). monmap_show() and osdmap_show() now take the respective lock before accessing the map as well.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-68285

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-68285 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-68285

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-68285.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-68285, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-68285, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-68285 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-68285 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-68285 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-68285 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

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