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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2025-40140

net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb. This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning: rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); } rtl8150_set_multicast() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done } rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission } rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle TX queue synchronization. The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks.

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

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < cce3c0e21cdd15bcba5c35d3af1700186de8f187affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 1a08a37ac03d07a1608a1592791041cac979fbc3affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 54f8ef1a970a8376e5846ed90854decf7c00555daffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 114e05344763a102a8844efd96ec06ba99293ccdaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 6394bade9daab8e318c165fe43bba012bf13cd8eaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 6053e47bbf212b93c051beb4261d7d5a409d0ce3affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 9d72df7f5eac946f853bf49c428c4e87a17d91daaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 958baf5eaee394e5fd976979b0791a875f14a179affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 5.4.301 to ≤ 5.4.*unaffected
  • 5.10.246 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.195 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.156 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.112 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.53 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.17.3 to ≤ 6.17.*unaffected
  • 6.18 to ≤ *unaffected

References