CVE-2025-68213
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]
…
[ 1723.364973] Call Trace:
[ 1723.365475]
[ 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.
More information : https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118082368c2b6ddefe6cb607efc312285148f044
