CVE-2025-68762: net: netpoll: initialize work queue before error checks

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68762DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68762
Published 05-01-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-68762 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10039-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1USN-8094-1USN-8094-2USN-8094-3USN-8094-4

Timeline

  1. 05-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: initialize work queue before error checks Prevent a kernel warning when netconsole setup fails on devices with IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL flag. The warning (at kernel/workqueue.c:4242 in __flush_work) occurs because the cleanup path tries to cancel an uninitialized work queue. When __netpoll_setup() encounters a device with IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL, it fails early and calls skb_pool_flush() for cleanup. This function calls cancel_work_sync(&np->refill_wq), but refill_wq hasn't been initialized yet, triggering the warning. Move INIT_WORK() to the beginning of __netpoll_setup(), ensuring the work queue is properly initialized before any potential failure points. This allows the cleanup path to safely cancel the work queue regardless of where the setup fails.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu99 products
  • linux< 6.17.0-19.19
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.17.0-1009.9
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.17.13-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 248f6571fd4c51531f7f8f07f186f7ae98a50afc, < a90d0dc38a10347078cca60e7495ad0648838f18 | ≥ 248f6571fd4c51531f7f8f07f186f7ae98a50afc, < 760bc6ceda8e2c273c0e2018ad2595967c3dd308 | ≥ 248f6571fd4c51531f7f8f07f186f7ae98a50afc, < e5235eb6cfe02a51256013a78f7b28779a7740d5 | 6.15

3 vendors · 101 products

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