Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0 Comedi Core Calls Driver drivers/base/driver.c c6xdigio_attach return value

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is the function c6xdigio_attach of the file drivers/base/driver.c of the component Comedi Core Calls Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to return value. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-68332. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.61/6.17.11/6.18.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function c6xdigio_attach of the file drivers/base/driver.c of the component Comedi Core Calls Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a return value vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-252. The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: c6xdigio: Fix invalid PNP driver unregistration The Comedi low-level driver "c6xdigio" seems to be for a parallel port connected device. When the Comedi core calls the driver's Comedi "attach" handler `c6xdigio_attach()` to configure a Comedi to use this driver, it tries to enable the parallel port PNP resources by registering a PNP driver with `pnp_register_driver()`, but ignores the return value. (The `struct pnp_driver` it uses has only the `name` and `id_table` members filled in.) The driver's Comedi "detach" handler `c6xdigio_detach()` unconditionally unregisters the PNP driver with `pnp_unregister_driver()`. It is possible for `c6xdigio_attach()` to return an error before it calls `pnp_register_driver()` and it is possible for the call to `pnp_register_driver()` to return an error (that is ignored). In both cases, the driver should not be calling `pnp_unregister_driver()` as it does in `c6xdigio_detach()`. (Note that `c6xdigio_detach()` will be called by the Comedi core if `c6xdigio_attach()` returns an error, or if the Comedi core decides to detach the Comedi device from the driver for some other reason.) The unconditional call to `pnp_unregister_driver()` without a previous successful call to `pnp_register_driver()` will cause `driver_unregister()` to issue a warning "Unexpected driver unregister!". This was detected by Syzbot [1]. Also, the PNP driver registration and unregistration should be done at module init and exit time, respectively, not when attaching or detaching Comedi devices to the driver. (There might be more than one Comedi device being attached to the driver, although that is unlikely.) Change the driver to do the PNP driver registration at module init time, and the unregistration at module exit time. Since `c6xdigio_detach()` now only calls `comedi_legacy_detach()`, remove the function and change the Comedi driver "detach" handler to `comedi_legacy_detach`. ------------------------------------------- [1] Syzbot sample crash report: Unexpected driver unregister! WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5970 at drivers/base/driver.c:273 driver_unregister drivers/base/driver.c:273 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5970 at drivers/base/driver.c:273 driver_unregister+0x90/0xb0 drivers/base/driver.c:270 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5970 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 RIP: 0010:driver_unregister drivers/base/driver.c:273 [inline] RIP: 0010:driver_unregister+0x90/0xb0 drivers/base/driver.c:270 Code: 48 89 ef e8 c2 e6 82 fc 48 89 df e8 3a 93 ff ff 5b 5d e9 c3 6d d9 fb e8 be 6d d9 fb 90 48 c7 c7 e0 f8 1f 8c e8 51 a2 97 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 5b 5d e9 a5 6d d9 fb e8 e0 f4 41 fc eb 94 e8 d9 f4 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000373f9a0 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff8ff24720 RCX: ffffffff817b6ee8 RDX: ffff88807c932480 RSI: ffffffff817b6ef5 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffff8ff24660 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88814cca0000 FS: 000055556dab1500(0000) GS:ffff8881249d9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055f77f285cd0 CR3: 000000007d871000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: <TASK> comedi_device_detach_locked+0x12f/0xa50 drivers/comedi/drivers.c:207 comedi_device_detach+0x67/0xb0 drivers/comedi/drivers.c:215 comedi_device_attach+0x43d/0x900 drivers/comedi/drivers.c:1011 do_devconfig_ioctl+0x1b1/0x710 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:872 comedi_unlocked_ioctl+0x165d/0x2f00 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:2178 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_sys ---truncated---

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-68332 since 12/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/12/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279568 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68332), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1 or 6.19-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9fd8c8ad35c8d2390ce5ca2eb523c044bebdc072/698149d797d0178162f394c55d4ed52aa0e0b7f6/888f7e2847bcb9df8257e656e1e837828942c53b/72262330f7b3ad2130e800cecf02adcce3c32c77 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (279568), EUVD (EUVD-2025-204725) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2914). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Open Source Linux Kernel

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• 6.17.11
• 6.18.0

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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