{"id":"CVE-2025-68779","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"net/mlx5e: Avoid unregistering PSP twice","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Avoid unregistering PSP twice\n\nPSP is unregistered twice in:\n_mlx5e_remove -> mlx5e_psp_unregister\nmlx5e_nic_cleanup -> mlx5e_psp_unregister\n\nThis leads to a refcount underflow in some conditions:\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\nWARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1694 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xd8/0xe0\n[...]\n mlx5e_psp_unregister+0x26/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_nic_cleanup+0x26/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_remove+0xe6/0x1f0 [mlx5_core]\n auxiliary_bus_remove+0x18/0x30\n device_release_driver_internal+0x194/0x1f0\n bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130\n device_del+0x159/0x3c0\n mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0xbc/0x2a0 [mlx5_core]\n[...]\n\nDo not directly remove psp from the _mlx5e_remove path, the PSP cleanup\nhappens as part of profile cleanup.","publishedAt":"2026-01-13T15:28:54.795Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T21:53:11.439Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"89ee2d92f66c45625ff1c173df2dbdea32568c5d","status":"affected","lessThan":"e12c912f92ccea671b514caf371f28485714bb4b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"89ee2d92f66c45625ff1c173df2dbdea32568c5d","status":"affected","lessThan":"35e93736f69963337912594eb3951ab320b77521","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.18","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12c912f92ccea671b514caf371f28485714bb4b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e93736f69963337912594eb3951ab320b77521"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:56.034Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68779.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68779","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-01-13T15:28:54.795Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:53:11.439Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T10:30:51.036Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"net/mlx5e: Avoid unregistering PSP twice","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Avoid unregistering PSP twice\n\nPSP is unregistered twice in:\n_mlx5e_remove -> mlx5e_psp_unregister\nmlx5e_nic_cleanup -> mlx5e_psp_unregister\n\nThis leads to a refcount underflow in some conditions:\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: underflow; 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