CVE-2025-68204

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68204
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68204.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-68204
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-12-16T13:48:31.850Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:46:17.692176Z
Summary
pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pmdomain: arm: scmi: Fix genpd leak on provider registration failure

If ofgenpdaddprovideronecell() fails during probe, the previously created generic power domains are not removed, leading to a memory leak and potential kernel crash later in genpddebugadd().

Add proper error handling to unwind the initialized domains before returning from probe to ensure all resources are correctly released on failure.

Example crash trace observed without this fix:

| Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffc70 | CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1 #405 PREEMPT | Hardware name: ARM LTD ARM Juno Development Platform/ARM Juno Development Platform | pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) | pc : genpddebugadd+0x2c/0x160 | lr : genpddebuginit+0x74/0x98 | Call trace: | genpddebugadd+0x2c/0x160 (P) | genpddebuginit+0x74/0x98 | dooneinitcall+0xd0/0x2d8 | doinitcalllevel+0xa0/0x140 | doinitcalls+0x60/0xa8 | dobasicsetup+0x28/0x40 | kernelinitfreeable+0xe8/0x170 | kernelinit+0x2c/0x140 | retfromfork+0x10/0x20

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68204.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
898216c97ed2ebfffda659ce12388da43534de6c
Fixed
18249a167ffd91b4b4fbd92afd4ddcbf3af81f35
Fixed
c6e11d320fd6cbaef6d589f2fcb45aa25a6b960a
Fixed
582f48d22eb5676fe7be3589b986ddd29f7bf4d1
Fixed
7f569197f7ad09319af960bd7e43109de5c67c04
Fixed
ad120c08b89a81d41d091490bbe150343473b659
Fixed
921b090841ae7a08b19ab14495bdf8636dc31e21
Fixed
983e91da82ec3e331600108f9be3ea61236f5c75
Fixed
7458f72cc28f9eb0de811effcb5376d0ec19094a

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68204.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.17.0
Fixed
5.4.302
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.247
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.197
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.159
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.118
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.59
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.17.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68204.json"