🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68768
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: frags: flush pending skbs in fqdir_pre_exit() We have been seeing occasional deadlocks on pernet_ops_rwsem since September in NIPA. The stuck task was usually modprobe (often loading a driver like ipvlan), trying to take the lock as a Writer. lockdep does not track readers for rwsems so the read wasn't obvious from the reports. On closer inspection the Reader holding the lock was conntrack looping forever in nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list(). Based on past experience with occasional NIPA crashes I looked thru the tests which run before the crash and noticed that the crash follows ip_defrag.sh. An immediate red flag. Scouring thru (de)fragmentation queues reveals skbs sitting around, holding conntrack references. The problem is that since conntrack depends on nf_defrag_ipv6, nf_defrag_ipv6 will load first. Since nf_defrag_ipv6 loads first its netns exit hooks run _after_ conntrack's netns exit hook. Flush all fragment queue SKBs during fqdir_pre_exit() to release conntrack references before conntrack cleanup runs. Also flush the queues in timer expiry handlers when they discover fqdir->dead is set, in case packet sneaks in while we're running the pre_exit flush. The commit under Fixes is not exactly the culprit, but I think previously the timer firing would eventually unblock the spinning conntrack.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-13
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-06-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 6.17.0-22.22
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws 6.17.0-1012.12
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.4
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.14
linux-aws-6.17 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-aws-6.8
linux-aws-fips
linux-azure 6.17.0-1013.13
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.4
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11
linux-azure-6.14
linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-azure-6.2
linux-azure-6.5
linux-azure-6.8
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fde-6.14
linux-azure-fde-6.17
linux-azure-fde-6.2
linux-azure-fde-6.8
linux-azure-fips
linux-azure-nvidia
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
linux-bluefield
linux-fips
linux-gcp 6.17.0-1012.12
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.4
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11
linux-gcp-6.14
linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gcp-6.8
linux-gcp-fips
linux-gke
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.4
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.11
linux-hwe-6.14
linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-6.8
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm
linux-ibm-5.15
linux-ibm-5.4
linux-ibm-6.8
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime
linux-intel-iotg
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
linux-iot
linux-kvm
linux-lowlatency
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
linux-nvidia
linux-nvidia-6.11
linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1018.18
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-6.8
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
linux-nvidia-tegra
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oem-6.1
linux-oem-6.11
linux-oem-6.14
linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1020.20
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8
linux-oracle 6.17.0-1011.11
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.4
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.14
linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-oracle-6.8
linux-raspi 6.17.0-1013.13
linux-raspi-5.4
linux-raspi-realtime
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime 6.17.0-1010.11
linux-realtime-6.14
linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1010.11~24.04.1
linux-realtime-6.8
linux-riscv 6.17.0-22.22.1
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.14
linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-22.22.1~24.04.1
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-riscv-6.8
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5
linux-xilinx
linux-xilinx-zynqmp

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