CVE-2025-68214

Summary (CVE-2025-68214): The Linux kernel timer subsystem had a race between timer_shutdown_sync() and timer_expire() that could trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE when a timer’s function pointer was cleared to NULL while the timer was still running. The root cause: timer_shutdown_sync() could detach the ti...

CVE-2025-68214 timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timershutdownsync There is a race condition between timershutdownsync and timer expiration that can lead to hitting a WARNON in expiretimers. The issue occurs when timershutdownsync clear...