CVE-2025-68234

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/cmd_net: fix wrong argument types for skb_queue_splice() If timestamp retriving needs to be retried and the local list of SKB's already has entries, then it's spliced back into the socket queue. However, the arguments for the splice helper are transposed, causing exactly the wrong direction of splicing into the on-stack list. Fix that up.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46447367a52965e9d35f112f5b26fc8ff8ec443d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c85d2cfc5e24e6866b56c7253fd4e1c7db35986c

Configurations

No configuration.

History

30 Jul 2026, 06:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8

16 Dec 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-16 14:15

Updated : 2026-07-30 06:24

NVD link : CVE-2025-68234

Mitre link : CVE-2025-68234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-68234

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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