CVE-2025-68215Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
7.2HIGHOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 6

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

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.13.06.17.10+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.63-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.17.0-19.19
CVEListV5linux/linux2f59743be4d9568cad2d9cf697d1b897975421edf5eb91f876ebecbcd90f9edcaea98dcb354603b3+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.10-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

9
OSV
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2026-04-01
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.17 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-realtime-6.17 vulnerabilities2026-03-23
OSV
linux-gcp-6.17, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2026-03-17

📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2026-04-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2026-04-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2026-03-23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2026-03-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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