Bug 2422680 (CVE-2025-68213)

Summary:	CVE-2025-68213 kernel: idpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A null pointer dereference was found in the Intel IDPF network driver in the Linux kernel. When a vport fails to initialize (e.g., during VF creation timeout), attempting to remove the driver crashes because idpf_remove() dereferences vport_config without checking for NULL.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-16 14:03:16 UTC

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

idpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove

Attempting to remove the driver will cause a crash in cases where
the vport failed to initialize. Following trace is from an instance where
the driver failed during an attempt to create a VF:
[ 1661.543624] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Device HW Reset initiated
[ 1722.923726] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Transaction timed-out (op:1 cookie:2900 vc_op:1 salt:29 timeout:60000ms)
[ 1723.353263] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028
...
[ 1723.358472] RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x11c/0x200 [idpf]
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[ 1723.364973] Call Trace:
[ 1723.365475]  <TASK>
[ 1723.365972]  pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0
[ 1723.366481]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1a9/0x210
[ 1723.366987]  pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90
[ 1723.367488]  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x20
[ 1723.367971]  pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xbd/0x120
[ 1723.368309]  sriov_disable+0x34/0xe0
[ 1723.368643]  idpf_sriov_configure+0x58/0x140 [idpf]
[ 1723.368982]  sriov_numvfs_store+0xda/0x1c0

Avoid the NULL pointer dereference by adding NULL pointer check for
vport_config[i], before freeing user_config.q_coalesce.

Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-17 03:29:16 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025121630-CVE-2025-68213-2d63@gregkh/T