mlx5: Fix default values in create CQ
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlx5: Fix default values in create CQ Currently, CQs without a completion function are assigned the mlx5_add_cq_to_tasklet function by default. This is problematic since only user CQs created through the mlx5_ib driver are intended to use this function. Additionally, all CQs that will use doorbells instead of polling for completions must call mlx5_cq_arm. However, the default CQ creation flow leaves a valid value in the CQ's arm_db field, allowing FW to send interrupts to polling-only CQs in certain corner cases. These two factors would allow a polling-only kernel CQ to be triggered by an EQ interrupt and call a completion function intended only for user CQs, causing a null pointer exception. Some areas in the driver have prevented this issue with one-off fixes but did not address the root cause. This patch fixes the described issue by adding defaults to the create CQ flow. It adds a default dummy completion function to protect against null pointer exceptions, and it sets an invalid command sequence number by default in kernel CQs to prevent the FW from sending an interrupt to the CQ until it is armed. User CQs are responsible for their own initialization values. Callers of mlx5_core_create_cq are responsible for changing the completion function and arming the CQ per their needs.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.17.9, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68209
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rcqh-q2vf-rp2f
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1a7865e3e4de2830d8a9fe8c273dc10b248b7338, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@5c08079c3e5a3c1573afcb5643b5d296865d1170, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c08079c3e5a3c1573afcb5643b5d296865d1170
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a7865e3e4de2830d8a9fe8c273dc10b248b7338
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a39d334c9840705af69f0466f8f0129c366004ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08469f5393a1a39f26a6e2eb2e8c33187665c1f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5eba42f01340f73888dfe560be2806057c25913
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68209 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68209 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rcqh-q2vf-rp2f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68209 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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