# CVE-2025-68225: lib/test\_kho: check if KHO is enabled

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/test_kho: check if KHO is enabled We must check whether KHO is enabled prior to issuing KHO commands, otherwise KHO internal data structures are not initialized.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb3267bedd902ec457643b1326cccddafb82e901
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a26ec8f3d4e56d4a7ffa301e8032dca9df0bbc05

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