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CVE-2025-68795 ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query

🗓️ 13 Jan 2026 15:29:06Reported by LinuxType 
cvelist
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ethtool guards against userspace buffer overflow by returning zero stats when the size changes between queries.

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ATTACKERKB		CVE-2025-68795
13 Jan 202615:29
–attackerkb
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1423)
5 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1494)
30 Mar 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2026-113 (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2026-113)
19 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2026-098 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2026-098)
6 Mar 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dla-4475 : ata-modules-5.10.0-35-armmp-di - security update
11 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dla-4476 : linux-config-6.1 - security update
11 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dsa-6126 : ata-modules-6.12.31-armmp-di - security update
9 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dsa-6127 : affs-modules-6.1.0-37-4kc-malta-di - security update
9 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2132)
6 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
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    "vendor": "Linux",
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/ethtool/ioctl.c"
    ],
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      },
      {
        "version": "0",
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        "version": "5.10.248",
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        "version": "5.15.198",
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      },
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      },
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.18.3",
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      },
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        "version": "6.19",
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        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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