CVE-2025-68790 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-68790
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-68790 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕓 14 Jan 2026, 16:26 UTC
Originally published on: 🕓 13 Jan 2026, 16:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-68790 Vulnerability Summary

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

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-68790

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-68790 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-68790

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-68790.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-68790, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-68790, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-68790 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-68790 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-68790 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-68790 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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