CVE-2025-68215
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path Improve the cleanup on releasing PTP resources in error path. The error case might happen either at the driver probe and PTP feature initialization or on PTP restart (errors in reset handling, NVM update etc). In both cases, calls to PF PTP cleanup (ice_ptp_cleanup_pf function) and 'ps_lock' mutex deinitialization were missed. Additionally, ptp clock was not unregistered in the latter case. Keep PTP state as 'uninitialized' on init to distinguish between error scenarios and to avoid resource release duplication at driver removal. The consequence of missing ice_ptp_cleanup_pf call is the following call trace dumped when ice_adapter object is freed (port list is not empty, as it is required at this stage): [ T93022] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ T93022] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 93022 at ice/ice_adapter.c:67 ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice] ... [ T93022] RIP: 0010:ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice] ... [ T93022] Call Trace: [ T93022] <TASK> [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] ? __warn.cold+0xb0/0x10e [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] ? report_bug+0xd8/0x150 [ T93022] ? handle_bug+0xe9/0x110 [ T93022] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70 [ T93022] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0 [ T93022] device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200 [ T93022] driver_detach+0x48/0x90 [ T93022] bus_remove_driver+0x70/0xf0 [ T93022] pci_unregister_driver+0x42/0xb0 [ T93022] ice_module_exit+0x10/0xdb0 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] ... [ T93022] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ T93022] ice: module unloaded
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.12.11,
6.13
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.12.60,
6.17.10,
6.18
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68215 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a5b9b12de9dcd15ebae4f1abc8814ec1c51ab0
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/765236f2c4fbba7650436b71a0e350500e9ec15f
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5eb91f876ebecbcd90f9edcaea98dcb354603b3
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2025-68215?
CVE-2025-68215 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.12.11 onward and has been patched in 6.12.60, 6.17.10 and 6.18. CVE-2025-68215 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-68215?
Yes — CVE-2025-68215 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.60, 6.17.10 and 6.18. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2025-68215 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2025-68215 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.