CVE-2025-38720

MEDIUM EPSS 1.3%
Published Sep 4, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 4, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hibmcge: fix rtnl deadlock issue Currently, the hibmcge netdev acquires the rtnl_lock in pci_error_handlers.reset_prepare() and releases it in pci_error_handlers.reset_done(). However, in the PCI framework: pci_reset_bus - __pci_reset_slot - pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked - pci_dev_save_and_disable - err_handler->reset_prepare(dev); In pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked(): list_for_each_entry(dev, &slot->bus->devices, bus_list) { if (!dev->slot || dev->slot!= slot) continue; pci_dev_save_and_disable(dev); if (dev->subordinate) pci_bus_save_and_disable_locked(dev->subordinate); } This will iterate through all devices under the current bus and execute err_handler->reset_prepare(), causing two devices of the hibmcge driver to sequentially request the rtnl_lock, leading to a deadlock. Since the driver now executes netif_device_detach() before the reset process, it will not concurrently with other netdev APIs, so there is no need to hold the rtnl_lock now. Therefore, this patch removes the rtnl_lock during the reset process and adjusts the position of HBG_NIC_STATE_RESETTING to ensure that multiple resets are not executed concurrently.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-667

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.14  –  <6.15.11
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.16  –  <6.16.2
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1343a8994ca7dba78f5dd818e89d68331c21c35d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c875503a9b9082928d7d3fc60b5400d16fbfae4e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d85a6346fd6f595c4914205762d0cdf35c004a5e
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1343a8994ca7dba78f5dd818e89d68331c21c35d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c875503a9b9082928d7d3fc60b5400d16fbfae4e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d85a6346fd6f595c4914205762d0cdf35c004a5e
    Patch