{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-68245", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-16T13:41:40.264Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-16T14:21:22.348Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:49:38.460Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:49:38.460Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: netpoll: fix incorrect refcount handling causing incorrect cleanup\n\ncommit efa95b01da18 (\"netpoll: fix use after free\") incorrectly\nignored the refcount and prematurely set dev->npinfo to NULL during\nnetpoll cleanup, leading to improper behavior and memory leaks.\n\nScenario causing lack of proper cleanup:\n\n1) A netpoll is associated with a NIC (e.g., eth0) and netdev->npinfo is\n allocated, and refcnt = 1\n - Keep in mind that npinfo is shared among all netpoll instances. In\n this case, there is just one.\n\n2) Another netpoll is also associated with the same NIC and\n npinfo->refcnt += 1.\n - Now dev->npinfo->refcnt = 2;\n - There is just one npinfo associated to the netdev.\n\n3) When the first netpolls goes to clean up:\n - The first cleanup succeeds and clears np->dev->npinfo, ignoring\n refcnt.\n - It basically calls `RCU_INIT_POINTER(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);`\n - Set dev->npinfo = NULL, without proper cleanup\n - No ->ndo_netpoll_cleanup() is either called\n\n4) Now the second target tries to clean up\n - The second cleanup fails because np->dev->npinfo is already NULL.\n * In this case, ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup() was never called, and\n the skb pool is not cleaned as well (for the second netpoll\n instance)\n - This leaks npinfo and skbpool skbs, which is clearly reported by\n kmemleak.\n\nRevert commit efa95b01da18 (\"netpoll: fix use after free\") and adds\nclarifying comments emphasizing that npinfo cleanup should only happen\nonce the refcount reaches zero, ensuring stable and correct netpoll\nbehavior." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/core/netpoll.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "efa95b01da18ad22af62f6d99a3243f3be8fd264", "lessThan": "8e6a50edad11e3e1426e4c29e7aa6201f3468ac2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "efa95b01da18ad22af62f6d99a3243f3be8fd264", "lessThan": "9b0bb18b4b9dc017c1825a2c5e763615e34a1593", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "efa95b01da18ad22af62f6d99a3243f3be8fd264", "lessThan": "890472d6fbf062e6de7fdd56642cb305ab79d669", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "efa95b01da18ad22af62f6d99a3243f3be8fd264", "lessThan": "4afd4ebbad52aa146838ec23082ba393e426a2bb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "efa95b01da18ad22af62f6d99a3243f3be8fd264", "lessThan": 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