CVE-2025-38551
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38551
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38551.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38551
- Downstream
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- Related
- Published
- 2025-08-16T11:34:19Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-20T10:31:14Z
- Summary
- virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()
- Details
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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().
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38551.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38551.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38551
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introduceddf28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9Fixed4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037Fixed3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aaFixedbe5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introduced6.11.2Fixed6.12
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introducedcb06b26bb2e6d2c6a32f65f7bb1b7dcbe033d675