{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68741 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-68741 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68741 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-68741 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68741 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68741/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68741/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-68741","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68741/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-68741","record":{"aliases":["AZL-73069","BELL-CVE-2025-68741","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68741","GHSA-mjw3-rr6r-w9h2","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-68741","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68741"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's qla2xxx SCSI driver allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item\n\nIn qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(), an item is allocated via\nqla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt(), which internally calls\nqla24xx_alloc_purex_item().\n\nThe qla24xx_alloc_purex_item() function may return a pre-allocated item\nfrom a per-adapter pool for small allocations, instead of dynamically\nallocating memory with kzalloc().\n\nAn error handling path in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() incorrectly uses\nkfree() to release the item. If the item was from the pre-allocated\npool, calling kfree() on it is a bug that can lead to memory corruption.\n\nFix this by using the correct deallocation function,\nqla24xx_free_purex_item(), which properly handles both dynamically\nallocated and pre-allocated items.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item","id":"CVE-2025-68741","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"bpf: Fix invalid prog-\u003estats access when update_effective_progs fails","id":"CVE-2025-68742"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ima: Handle error code returned by ima_filter_rule_match()","id":"CVE-2025-68740"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-24","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's qla2xxx SCSI driver allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68741/"}