CVE-2025-68353
kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in VXLAN module
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 24, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) module. This vulnerability allows a local user to cause a system crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). The issue occurs due to a NULL pointer dereference, which is an attempt to access a memory location that does not exist, when network interface pointers (sock4 or sock6) are not guaranteed to be non-NULL, such as when the interface is brought down.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference