A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.57/6.17.7. Impacted is the function drm_put_dev in the library lib/refcount.c. The manipulation results in use after free.

This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-68181. The attack can only be performed from the local network. There is not any exploit available.

Upgrading the affected component is recommended.