UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68175: Medium severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability

Q: Which systems are exposed to this issue?

Systems using an affected Ubuntu kernel package and an NXP i.MX8 ISI capture device are exposed when that device is used for video capture. The issue was reproduced on an i.MX8MP board.

Q: What is required to trigger the failure?

A capture stream must already be running on an ISI video device, and another release operation on the same device can trigger cleanup of the active streaming queue. The report demonstrates this by running a GStreamer V4L2 capture stream and then querying the device with v4l2-ctl.

Q: What is the operational impact?

A release call can incorrectly clean up a queue that is actively streaming, causing the capture pipeline to enter an error state. The provided reproduction also produces a kernel warning in the ISI pipe IRQ handler.

Q: How can administrators check for exposure or active impact?

Review whether the system has an i.MX8 ISI capture device in use and whether multiple processes access the same /dev/videoX device while streaming. Kernel warnings involving mxc_isi_pipe_irq_handler and imx8_isi during such activity are consistent with the reported failure.

Published Dec 16, 2025

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: nxp: imx8-isi: Fix streaming cleanup on release The current implementation unconditionally calls mxcisivideocleanupstreaming() in mxcisivideorelease(). This can lead to situations where any release call (like from a simple "v4l2-ctl -l") may release a currently streaming queue when called on such a device. This is reproducible on an i.MX8MP board by streaming from an ISI capture device using gstreamer: gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/videoX ! \ video/x-raw,format=GRAY8,width=1280,height=800,framerate=1/120 ! \ fakesink While this stream is running, querying the caps of the same device provokes the error state: v4l2-ctl -l -d /dev/videoX This results in the following trace: [ 155.452152] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 155.452163] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1708 at drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c:713 mxcisipipeirqhandler+0x19c/0x1b0 [imx8isi] [ 157.004248] Modules linked in: cfg80211 rpmsgctrl rpmsgchar rpmsgtty virtiorpmsgbus rpmsgns rpmsgcore rfkill nftct nfconntrack nfdefragipv6 nfdefragipv4 nftables mcp251x6 [ 157.053499] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1708 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.15.4-00114-g1f61ca5cad76 #1 PREEMPT [ 157.064369] Hardware name: imx8mpboard01 (DT) [ 157.068205] pstate: 400000c5 (nZcv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 157.075169] pc : mxcisipipeirqhandler+0x19c/0x1b0 [imx8isi] [ 157.081195] lr : mxcisipipeirqhandler+0x38/0x1b0 [imx8isi] [ 157.087126] sp : ffff800080003ee0 [ 157.090438] x29: ffff800080003ee0 x28: ffff0000c3688000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 157.097580] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0000c1e7ac00 x24: ffff800081b5ad50 [ 157.104723] x23: 00000000000000d1 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000c25e4000 [ 157.111866] x20: 0000000060000200 x19: ffff80007a0608d0 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 157.119008] x17: ffff80006a4e3000 x16: ffff800080000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 157.126146] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 157.133287] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: ffff0000c01445f0 x9 : ffff80007a053a38 [ 157.140425] x8 : ffff0000c04004b8 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 157.147567] x5 : ffff0000c0400490 x4 : ffff80006a4e3000 x3 : ffff0000c25e4000 [ 157.154706] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff8000825c0014 x0 : 0000000060000200 [ 157.161850] Call trace: [ 157.164296] mxcisipipeirqhandler+0x19c/0x1b0 [imx8isi] (P) [ 157.170319] handleirqeventpercpu+0x58/0x218 [ 157.175029] handleirqevent+0x54/0xb8 [ 157.178867] handlefasteoiirq+0xac/0x248 [ 157.182968] handleirqdesc+0x48/0x68 [ 157.186723] generichandledomainirq+0x24/0x38 [ 157.191346] gichandleirq+0x54/0x120 [ 157.195098] callonirqstack+0x24/0x30 [ 157.199027] dointerrupthandler+0x88/0x98 [ 157.203212] el0interrupt+0x44/0xc0 [ 157.206792] el0irqhandlercommon+0x18/0x28 [ 157.211328] el0t64irqhandler+0x10/0x20 [ 157.215429] el0t64irq+0x198/0x1a0 [ 157.219009] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Address this issue by moving the streaming preparation and cleanup to the vb2 .preparestreaming() and .unpreparestreaming() operations. This also simplifies the driver by allowing direct usage of the vb2ioctlstreamon() and vb2ioctlstreamoff() helpers, and removal of the manual cleanup from mxcisivideorelease().

Affected Software

146 affected componentsFixes available

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1

6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1

6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.8<6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1

6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1

6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1

6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1

6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1

6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1

6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1

6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3

6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2

6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-136.136

6.8.0-136.136

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1061.64

6.8.0-1061.64

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.17<6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1063.71

6.8.0-1063.71

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<6.8.0-1062.69

6.8.0-1062.69

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia*

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1064.72

6.8.0-1064.72

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.17<6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1

6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1059.67

6.8.0-1059.67

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1046.50

6.8.0-1046.50

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1061.62

6.8.0-1061.62

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-136.136.2

6.8.0-136.136.2

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1059.62

6.8.0-1059.62

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.17<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1059.62.1

6.8.0-1059.62.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1030.31

6.8.0-1030.31

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.17<6.17.0-1011.11

6.17.0-1011.11

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1058.61

6.8.0-1058.61

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.17<6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1061.65

6.8.0-1061.65

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1033.34

6.8.0-1033.34

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<6.8.0-1028.33

6.8.0-1028.33

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2050.52

6.8.0-2050.52

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1056.57

6.8.1-1056.57

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.17<6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1

6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<6.8.0-1061.64+fips1

6.8.0-1061.64+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<6.8.0-1063.71+fips2

6.8.0-1063.71+fips2

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-136.136+fips2

6.8.0-136.136+fips2

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.17.0-14.14

6.17.0-14.14

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.17.0-1007.7

6.17.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.17.0-1008.8

6.17.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.17.0-1006.7

6.17.0-1006.7

ubuntu/linux-riscv<6.17.0-14.14.1

6.17.0-14.14.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

Upgrade
Upgrade ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
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Upgrade ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3
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Upgrade ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.64
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1063.71
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1062.69
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1064.72
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1059.67
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.50
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.62
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136.2
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1059.62
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1008.8
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1059.62.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1030.31
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1011.11
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1058.61
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.65
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1033.34
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1028.33
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Fixed in 6.8.0-2050.52
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Fixed in 6.8.1-1056.57
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
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Fixed in 6.8.0-136.136+fips2
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
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Fixed in 6.17.0-14.14
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1008.8
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1008.8
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Fixed in 6.17.0-1006.7
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Fixed in 6.17.0-14.14.1
Compensating control
Move streaming preparation and cleanup into the videobuf2 .prepare_streaming() and .unprepare_streaming() operations, respectively; use vb2_ioctl_streamon() and vb2_ioctl_streamoff() directly and remove the manual mxc_isi_video_cleanup_streaming() call from mxc_isi_video_release().

Event History

Dec 16, 2025

CVE Published

via OSV·02:15 PM

Data Sourced

via OSV·02:15 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Which systems are exposed to this issue?

Systems using an affected Ubuntu kernel package and an NXP i.MX8 ISI capture device are exposed when that device is used for video capture. The issue was reproduced on an i.MX8MP board.

What is required to trigger the failure?

A capture stream must already be running on an ISI video device, and another release operation on the same device can trigger cleanup of the active streaming queue. The report demonstrates this by running a GStreamer V4L2 capture stream and then querying the device with v4l2-ctl.

What is the operational impact?

A release call can incorrectly clean up a queue that is actively streaming, causing the capture pipeline to enter an error state. The provided reproduction also produces a kernel warning in the ISI pipe IRQ handler.

How can administrators check for exposure or active impact?

Review whether the system has an i.MX8 ISI capture device in use and whether multiple processes access the same /dev/videoX device while streaming. Kernel warnings involving mxc_isi_pipe_irq_handler and imx8_isi during such activity are consistent with the reported failure.

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68175: Medium severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability

Affected Software

Remediation

Event History

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is required to trigger the failure?

What is the operational impact?

How can administrators check for exposure or active impact?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which systems are exposed to this issue?

What is required to trigger the failure?

What is the operational impact?

How can administrators check for exposure or active impact?