CVE-2025-68755

NameCVE-2025-68755
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: most: remove broken i2c driver The MOST I2C driver has been completely broken for five years without anyone noticing so remove the driver from staging. Specifically, commit 723de0f9171e ("staging: most: remove device from interface structure") started requiring drivers to set the interface device pointer before registration, but the I2C driver was never updated which results in a NULL pointer dereference if anyone ever tries to probe it.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.247-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.148-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.158-1vulnerable
trixie6.12.57-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.48-1vulnerable
forky6.17.13-1fixed
sid6.18.3-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsource(unstable)6.17.13-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/495df2da6944477d282d5cc0c13174d06e25b310 (6.19-rc1)

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