# CVE-2025-68379: RDMA/rxe: Fix null deref on srq->rq.queue after resize failure

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by triggering a null pointer dereference in the RDMA rxe driver during specific SRQ resize operations.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-73138, BELL-CVE-2025-68379, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68379, GHSA-57j5-pvpx-j5rm, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-68379, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-68379, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68379, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-68379, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-68379, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68379

## What is CVE-2025-68379?

CVE-2025-68379 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rxe: Fix null deref on srq->rq.queue after resize failure

A NULL pointer dereference can occur in rxe_srq_chk_attr() when
ibv_modify_srq() is invoked twice in succession under certain error
conditions. The first call may fail in rxe_queue_resize(), which leads
rxe_srq_from_attr() to set srq->rq.queue = NULL. The second call then
triggers a crash (null deref) when accessing
srq->rq.queue->buf->index_mask.

Call Trace:
<TASK>
rxe_modify_srq+0x170/0x480 [rdma_rxe]
? __pfx_rxe_modify_srq+0x10/0x10 [rdma_rxe]
? uverbs_try_lock_object+0x4f/0xa0 [ib_uverbs]
? rdma_lookup_get_uobject+0x1f0/0x380 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_modify_srq+0x204/0x290 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx_ib_uverbs_modify_srq+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]
? tryinc_node_nr_active+0xe6/0x150
? uverbs_fill_udata+0xed/0x4f0 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x2c0/0x470 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx_ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]
? uverbs_fill_udata+0xed/0x4f0 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_run_method+0x55a/0x6e0 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx_ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x54d/0x800 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx_ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx___raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_do_vfs_ioctl+0x10/0x10
? ioctl_has_perm.constprop.0.isra.0+0x2c7/0x4c0
? __pfx_ioctl_has_perm.constprop.0.isra.0+0x10/0x10
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x13e/0x220 [ib_uverbs]
? __pfx_ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x138/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x82/0x250
? fdget_pos+0x58/0x4c0
? ksys_write+0xf3/0x1c0
? __pfx_ksys_write+0x10/0x10
? do_syscall_64+0xc8/0x250
? __pfx_vm_mmap_pgoff+0x10/0x10
? fget+0x173/0x230
? fput+0x2a/0x80
? ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x224/0x4c0
? do_syscall_64+0xc8/0x250
? do_user_addr_fault+0x37b/0xfe0
? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0
? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0
? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68379?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-68379?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-68379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68379 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68379 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68379/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68379/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68379
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68379
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68379

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