Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-68745scsi: qla2xxx: Clear cmds after chip reset

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-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 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.8% 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: scsi: qla2xxx: Clear cmds after chip reset Commit aefed3e5548f ("scsi: qla2xxx: target: Fix offline port handling and host reset handling") caused two problems: 1. Commands sent to FW, after chip reset got stuck and never freed as FW is not going to respond to them anymore. 2. BUG_ON(cmd->sg_mapped) in qlt_free_cmd(). Commit 26f9ce53817a ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix missed DMA unmap for aborted commands") attempted to fix this, but introduced another bug under different circumstances when two different CPUs were racing to call qlt_unmap_sg() at the same time: BUG_ON(!valid_dma_direction(dir)) in dma_unmap_sg_attrs(). So revert "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix missed DMA unmap for aborted commands" and partially revert "scsi: qla2xxx: target: Fix offline port handling and host reset handling" at __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:66325
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:67471
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AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:67150
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:67471
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:67150
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:67471
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:67471
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Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-68745
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68745
Debian:14linux6.18.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68745
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2RLSA-2026:67471
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10RLSA-2026:66325
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8RLSA-2026:67150
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.162.1.rt7.503.el8_10RLSA-2026:66324
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-22.22USN-8177-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-22.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68745
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1012.12USN-8183-2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux aefed3e5548f28e5fecafda6604fcbc65484dbaa – before e87e9f92d7735895b7dd97f53dce6d95d08cf29caefed3e5548f28e5fecafda6604fcbc65484dbaa – before 0d0a1a267c1ee7c41aeffdca84afcb113787a91aaefed3e5548f28e5fecafda6604fcbc65484dbaa – before c82c0fbb97d0fd44324eb55ab758408c7c964b32aefed3e5548f28e5fecafda6604fcbc65484dbaa – before 5c1fb3fd05da3d55b8cbc42d7d660b313cbdc936aefed3e5548f28e5fecafda6604fcbc65484dbaa – before d46c69a087aa3d1513f7a78f871b80251ea0c1aeeb67b7a23d357f578578e737cb6412ae2384f352ec9639d92c1e10d4bc667e842753d85e21683d5ce6e957f552d5b696879a31e5b0e2a9120e1ea86e
Linux Linux 5.2

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