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CVE-2025-38551

virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe() The deadlock appears in a stack trace like: virtnet_probe() rtnl_lock() virtio_config_changed_work() netdev_notify_peers() rtnl_lock() It happens if the VMM sends a VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE request while the virtio-net driver is still probing. The config_work in probe() will get scheduled until virtnet_open() enables the config change notification via virtio_config_driver_enable().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 to < 4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037affected
  • df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 to < 3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aaaffected
  • df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 to < be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535defaffected
  • cb06b26bb2e6d2c6a32f65f7bb1b7dcbe033d675affected
  • 6.11.2 to < 6.12affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.12affected
  • 0 to < 6.12unaffected
  • 6.12.40 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.15.8 to ≤ 6.15.*unaffected
  • 6.16 to ≤ *unaffected

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