# CVE-2025-68243: NFS: Check the TLS certificate fields in nfs\_match\_client()

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.17

## Description

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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fa37219074811c04d4ecb742c73e2b296da6a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb2cba0854a7f315c8100a807a6959b99d72479e

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