CVE-2025-68790
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix double unregister of HCA_PORTS component Clear hca_devcom_comp in device's private data after unregistering it in LAG teardown. Otherwise a slightly lagging second pass through mlx5_unload_one() might try to unregister it again and trip over use-after-free. On s390 almost all PCI level recovery events trigger two passes through mxl5_unload_one() - one through the poll_health() method and one through mlx5_pci_err_detected() as callback from generic PCI error recovery. While testing PCI error recovery paths with more kernel debug features enabled, this issue reproducibly led to kernel panics with the following call chain: Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space Failing address: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6000 TEID: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6803 ESOP-2 FSI Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE. AS:00000000705c4007 R3:0000000000000024 Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1]SMP CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 156 Comm: kmcheck Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.18.0-20251130.rc7.git0.16131a59cab1.300.fc43.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT Krnl PSW : 0404e00180000000 0000020fc86aa1dc (__lock_acquire+0x5c/0x15f0) R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000020f00000001 6b6b6b6b6b6b6c33 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000020fca28b820 0000000000000000 0000010a1ced8100 0000010a1ced8100 0000020fc9775068 0000018fce14f8b8 0000018fce14f7f8 Krnl Code: 0000020fc86aa1cc: e3b003400004 lg %r11,832 0000020fc86aa1d2: a7840211 brc 8,0000020fc86aa5f4 *0000020fc86aa1d6: c09000df0b25 larl %r9,0000020fca28b820 >0000020fc86aa1dc: d50790002000 clc 0(8,%r9),0(%r2) 0000020fc86aa1e2: a7840209 brc 8,0000020fc86aa5f4 0000020fc86aa1e6: c0e001100401 larl %r14,0000020fca8aa9e8 0000020fc86aa1ec: c01000e25a00 larl %r1,0000020fca2f55ec 0000020fc86aa1f2: a7eb00e8 aghi %r14,232 Call Trace: __lock_acquire+0x5c/0x15f0 lock_acquire.part.0+0xf8/0x270 lock_acquire+0xb0/0x1b0 down_write+0x5a/0x250 mlx5_detach_device+0x42/0x110 [mlx5_core] mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x50/0xc0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_unload_one+0x42/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5_pci_err_detected+0x94/0x150 [mlx5_core] zpci_event_attempt_error_recovery+0xcc/0x388
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.18
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.18.3,
6.19
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-68790 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/6a107cfe9c99a079e578a4c5eb70038101a3599f
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2495f529d60e8e8c43e6ad524089c38b8be7bc4
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2025-68790?
CVE-2025-68790 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.18 onward and has been patched in 6.18.3 and 6.19. CVE-2025-68790 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-2025-68790?
Yes — CVE-2025-68790 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.18.3 and 6.19. If you are running Linux kernel 6.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2025-68790 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2025-68790 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.