CVE-2025-68320
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68320
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68320.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-68320
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-12-16T15:44:18Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-12T03:30:20Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- lan966x: Fix sleeping in atomic context
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lan966x: Fix sleeping in atomic context
The following warning was seen when we try to connect using ssh to the device.
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:575 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 104, name: dropbear preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 INFO: lockdep is turned off. CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 104 Comm: dropbear Tainted: G W 6.18.0-rc2-00399-g6f1ab1b109b9-dirty #530 NONE Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Generic DT based system Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xac dump_stack_lvl from __might_resched+0x16c/0x2b0 __might_resched from __mutex_lock+0x64/0xd34 __mutex_lock from mutex_lock_nested+0x1c/0x24 mutex_lock_nested from lan966x_stats_get+0x5c/0x558 lan966x_stats_get from dev_get_stats+0x40/0x43c dev_get_stats from dev_seq_printf_stats+0x3c/0x184 dev_seq_printf_stats from dev_seq_show+0x10/0x30 dev_seq_show from seq_read_iter+0x350/0x4ec seq_read_iter from seq_read+0xfc/0x194 seq_read from proc_reg_read+0xac/0x100 proc_reg_read from vfs_read+0xb0/0x2b0 vfs_read from ksys_read+0x6c/0xec ksys_read from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c Exception stack(0xf0b11fa8 to 0xf0b11ff0) 1fa0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 be9048d8 00001000 00000001 1fc0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 00000003 be905920 0000001e 00000000 00000001 1fe0: 0005404c be9048c0 00018684 b6ec2cd8
It seems that we are using a mutex in a atomic context which is wrong. Change the mutex with a spinlock.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68320.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0216721ce71252f60d89af49c8dff613358058d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ac743c60ec502163c435712d527eeced8d83348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d2f7727752b64d13263eacd9f8d08a322e662
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ab03aa5bd9fd8bfe5d9552d8605826759fdd4d
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68320.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68320
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
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
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Introduced12c2d0a5b8e2a1afc8c7738e19a0d1dd7f3d4007Fixed5a5d2f7727752b64d13263eacd9f8d08a322e662Fixedc8ab03aa5bd9fd8bfe5d9552d8605826759fdd4dFixed3ac743c60ec502163c435712d527eeced8d83348Fixed0216721ce71252f60d89af49c8dff613358058d3