CVE-2025-68217

Input: pegasus-notetaker - fix potential out-of-bounds access

CVE-2025-68217 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68217, released December 16, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.2
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0022
12th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: pegasus-notetaker - fix potential out-of-bounds access In the pegasus_notetaker driver, the pegasus_probe() function allocates the URB transfer buffer using the wMaxPacketSize value from the endpoint descriptor. An attacker can use a malicious USB descriptor to force the allocation of a very small buffer. Subsequently, if the device sends an interrupt packet with a specific pattern (e.g., where the first byte is 0x80 or 0x42), the pegasus_parse_packet() function parses the packet without checking the allocated buffer size. This leads to an out-of-bounds memory access.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1 Jan 23, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1 Jan 23, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1 Jan 23, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1 Jan 23, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1 Jan 26, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 Jan 28, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.159-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68217 Dec 16, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.63-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68217 Dec 16, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.17.10-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68217 Dec 16, 2025

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