# CVE-2025-68367: macintosh/mac_hid: fix race condition in mac_hid_toggle_emumouse

> A race condition in the Linux kernel mac_hid module allows local attackers to trigger a double list addition, causing a system warning and potential denial of service.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-68367, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68367, GHSA-f2xj-38h9-6c7g, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-68367, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68367, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-68367, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-68367, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68367

## What is CVE-2025-68367?

CVE-2025-68367 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

macintosh/mac_hid: fix race condition in mac_hid_toggle_emumouse

The following warning appears when running syzkaller, and this issue also
exists in the mainline code.

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 list_add double add: new=ffffffffa57eee28, prev=ffffffffa57eee28, next=ffffffffa5e63100.
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1491 at lib/list_debug.c:35 __list_add_valid_or_report+0xf7/0x130
 Modules linked in:
 CPU: 0 PID: 1491 Comm: syz.1.28 Not tainted 6.6.0+ #3
 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
 RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0xf7/0x130
 RSP: 0018:ff1100010dfb7b78 EFLAGS: 00010282
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffa57eee18 RCX: ffffffff97fc9817
 RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: ffa0000002383000 RDI: 0000000000000001
 RBP: ffffffffa57eee28 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffe21c0021bf6f2c
 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 6464615f7473696c R12: ffffffffa5e63100
 R13: ffffffffa57eee28 R14: ffffffffa57eee28 R15: ff1100010dfb7d48
 FS:  00007fb14398b640(0000) GS:ff11000119600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000010d096005 CR4: 0000000000773ef0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 80000000
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  input_register_handler+0xb3/0x210
  mac_hid_start_emulation+0x1c5/0x290
  mac_hid_toggle_emumouse+0x20a/0x240
  proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c2/0x6e0
  new_sync_write+0x1b1/0x2d0
  vfs_write+0x709/0x950
  ksys_write+0x12a/0x250
  do_syscall_64+0x5a/0x110
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

The WARNING occurs when two processes concurrently write to the mac-hid
emulation sysctl, causing a race condition in mac_hid_toggle_emumouse().
Both processes read old_val=0, then both try to register the input handler,
leading to a double list_add of the same handler.

  CPU0                             CPU1
  -------------------------        -------------------------
  vfs_write() //write 1            vfs_write()  //write 1
    proc_sys_write()                 proc_sys_write()
      mac_hid_toggle_emumouse()          mac_hid_toggle_emumouse()
        old_val = *valp // old_val=0
                                           old_val = *valp // old_val=0
                                           mutex_lock_killable()
                                           proc_dointvec() // *valp=1
                                           mac_hid_start_emulation()
                                             input_register_handler()
                                           mutex_unlock()
        mutex_lock_killable()
        proc_dointvec()
        mac_hid_start_emulation()
          input_register_handler() //Trigger Warning
        mutex_unlock()

Fix this by moving the old_val read inside the mutex lock region.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68367?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-68367?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-68367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68367 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68367 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68367/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68367/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68367
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68367
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68367

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68367/
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