CVE-2025-68243
High
NFS: Check the TLS certificate fields in nfs_match_client()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Check the TLS certificate fields in nfs_match_client() If the TLS security policy is of type RPC_XPRTSEC_TLS_X509, then the cert_serial and privkey_serial fields need to match as well since they define the client's identity, as presented to the server.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
December 16, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-68243
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Check the TLS certificate fields in nfs_match_client() If the TLS security policy is of type RPC_XPRTSEC_TLS_X509, then the cert_serial and privkey_serial fields need to match as well since they define the client's identity, as presented to the server.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fa37219074811c04d4ecb742c73e2b296da6a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb2cba0854a7f315c8100a807a6959b99d72479e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68243.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68243