CVE-2025-68320
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.
It seems that we are using a mutex in a atomic context which is wrong. Change the mutex with a spinlock.
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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
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.41%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 34
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 % - Impacto principal
T1499Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact55 %
Inferido por reglas deterministas a partir del vector CVSS y la CWE. Solo orientativo.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlan966x: Fix sleeping in atomic context\n\nThe following warning was seen when we try to connect using ssh to the device.\n\nBUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:575\nin_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 104, name: dropbear\npreempt_count: 1, expected: 0\nINFO: lockdep is turned off.\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 104 Comm: dropbear Tainted: G W 6.18.0-rc2-00399-g6f1ab1b109b9-dirty #530 NONE\nTainted: [W]=WARN\nHardware name: Generic DT based system\nCall trace:\n unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14\n show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xac\n dump_stack_lvl from __might_resched+0x16c/0x2b0\n __might_resched from __mutex_lock+0x64/0xd34\n __mutex_lock from mutex_lock_nested+0x1c/0x24\n mutex_lock_nested from lan966x_stats_get+0x5c/0x558\n lan966x_stats_get from dev_get_stats+0x40/0x43c\n dev_get_stats from dev_seq_printf_stats+0x3c/0x184\n dev_seq_printf_stats from dev_seq_show+0x10/0x30\n dev_seq_show from seq_read_iter+0x350/0x4ec\n seq_read_iter from seq_read+0xfc/0x194\n seq_read from proc_reg_read+0xac/0x100\n proc_reg_read from vfs_read+0xb0/0x2b0\n vfs_read from ksys_read+0x6c/0xec\n ksys_read from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c\nException stack(0xf0b11fa8 to 0xf0b11ff0)\n1fa0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 be9048d8 00001000 00000001\n1fc0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 00000003 be905920 0000001e 00000000 00000001\n1fe0: 0005404c be9048c0 00018684 b6ec2cd8\n\nIt seems that we are using a mutex in a atomic context which is wrong.\nChange the mutex with a spinlock."
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