CVE-2025-1272

Name	CVE-2025-1272
Description	The Linux Kernel lockdown mode for kernel versions starting on 6.12 and above for Fedora Linux has the lockdown mode disabled without any warning. This may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information such kernel memory mappings, I/O ports, BPF and kprobes. Additionally unsigned modules can be loaded, leading to execution of untrusted code breaking breaking any Secure Boot protection. This vulnerability affects only Fedora Linux.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.249-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.162-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.63-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.73-1	fixed
	forky	6.18.12-1	fixed
	sid	6.18.15-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- linux <not-affected> (Red Hat specific lockdown regression)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345615
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333706