CVE-2025-68790
- Published: 2026-01-13T16:16:00.880
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
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How to fix CVE-2025-68790
Description: 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 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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