{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-68213", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-16T13:41:40.256Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-16T13:57:09.046Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T16:02:21.425Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T16:02:21.425Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nidpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove\n\nAttempting to remove the driver will cause a crash in cases where\nthe vport failed to initialize. Following trace is from an instance where\nthe driver failed during an attempt to create a VF:\n[ 1661.543624] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Device HW Reset initiated\n[ 1722.923726] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Transaction timed-out (op:1 cookie:2900 vc_op:1 salt:29 timeout:60000ms)\n[ 1723.353263] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028\n...\n[ 1723.358472] RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x11c/0x200 [idpf]\n...\n[ 1723.364973] Call Trace:\n[ 1723.365475] <TASK>\n[ 1723.365972] pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0\n[ 1723.366481] device_release_driver_internal+0x1a9/0x210\n[ 1723.366987] pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90\n[ 1723.367488] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x20\n[ 1723.367971] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xbd/0x120\n[ 1723.368309] sriov_disable+0x34/0xe0\n[ 1723.368643] idpf_sriov_configure+0x58/0x140 [idpf]\n[ 1723.368982] sriov_numvfs_store+0xda/0x1c0\n\nAvoid the NULL pointer dereference by adding NULL pointer check for\nvport_config[i], before freeing user_config.q_coalesce."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "bd80fbf3ed250ca98923780dab5e634db5d2f828", "lessThan": "a0e1c9bc1c9fe735978150ad075616a728073bc7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e1e3fec3e34b4934a9d2c98e4ee00a4d87b19179", "lessThan": "d5be8663cff0ba7b94da34ebd499ce1123b4c334", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e1e3fec3e34b4934a9d2c98e4ee00a4d87b19179", "lessThan": "118082368c2b6ddefe6cb607efc312285148f044", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5e87b3145578a169839e456fa0aba86e123d2d8e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ba11b0f3e9a97661f6caeee3dfc633af8ecee5a5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "6.12.43", "lessThan": "6.12.60", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.15.11", "lessThan": "6.16", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.16.2", "lessThan": "6.17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.17", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.60", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12.43", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.60"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.10"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.15.11"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.16.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0e1c9bc1c9fe735978150ad075616a728073bc7"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5be8663cff0ba7b94da34ebd499ce1123b4c334"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118082368c2b6ddefe6cb607efc312285148f044"}], "title": "idpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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