{"cve":"CVE-2025-68779","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-13T16:15:57.550","modified":"2026-06-17T09:59:34.517","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e93736f69963337912594eb3951ab320b77521","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12c912f92ccea671b514caf371f28485714bb4b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68779","score":0.00186,"percentile":0.08251,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}