Vulnerability · Published Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-68215ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path Improve the cleanup on releasing PTP resources in error path. The error case might happen either at the driver probe and PTP feature initialization or on PTP restart (errors in reset handling, NVM update etc). In both cases, calls to PF PTP cleanup (ice_ptp_cleanup_pf function) and 'ps_lock' mutex deinitialization were missed. Additionally, ptp clock was not unregistered in the latter case. Keep PTP state as 'uninitialized' on init to distinguish between error scenarios and to avoid resource release duplication at driver removal. The consequence of missing ice_ptp_cleanup_pf call is the following call trace dumped when ice_adapter object is freed (port list is not empty, as it is required at this stage): [ T93022] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ T93022] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 93022 at ice/ice_adapter.c:67 ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice] ... [ T93022] RIP: 0010:ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice] ... [ T93022] Call Trace: [ T93022] <TASK> [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] ? __warn.cold+0xb0/0x10e [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] ? report_bug+0xd8/0x150 [ T93022] ? handle_bug+0xe9/0x110 [ T93022] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70 [ T93022] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ T93022] ? ice_adapter_put+0xef/0x100 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] [ T93022] pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0 [ T93022] device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200 [ T93022] driver_detach+0x48/0x90 [ T93022] bus_remove_driver+0x70/0xf0 [ T93022] pci_unregister_driver+0x42/0xb0 [ T93022] ice_module_exit+0x10/0xdb0 [ice 33d2647ad4f6d866d41eefff1806df37c68aef0c] ... [ T93022] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ T93022] ice: module unloaded

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.63-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68215
Debian:14linux6.17.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-19.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-4
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1USN-8094-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-19.19~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-5
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-19.19.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.176.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68215

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2f59743be4d9568cad2d9cf697d1b897975421ed – before f5eb91f876ebecbcd90f9edcaea98dcb354603b3e800654e85b5b27966fc6493201f5f8cf658beb6 – before 765236f2c4fbba7650436b71a0e350500e9ec15fe800654e85b5b27966fc6493201f5f8cf658beb6 – before 23a5b9b12de9dcd15ebae4f1abc8814ec1c51ab06.12.11 – before 6.12.60
Linux Linux 6.13

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