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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
5a977b5833b7a261bfa6094595ffa73c1071588c affected < d2495f529d60e8e8c43e6ad524089c38b8be7bc4
5a977b5833b7a261bfa6094595ffa73c1071588c affected < 6a107cfe9c99a079e578a4c5eb70038101a3599f
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
6.18 affected —
0 unaffected < 6.18
6.18.3 unaffected ≤ 6.18.*
6.19 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a107cfe9c99a079e578a4c5eb70038101a3599f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2495f529d60e8e8c43e6ad524089c38b8be7bc4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026011304-CVE-2025-68790-6166@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68790 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68790 cve-icon
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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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 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
Title net/mlx5: Fix double unregister of HCA_PORTS component
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-09T08:33:37.206Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:30:51.037Z

Link: CVE-2025-68790

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-13T16:16:00.880

Modified: 2026-01-14T16:26:00.933

Link: CVE-2025-68790

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-68790 - Bugzilla

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