CVE-2025-39947 (GCVE-0-2025-39947)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-04 07:31 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
net/mlx5e: Harden uplink netdev access against device unbind
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Harden uplink netdev access against device unbind
The function mlx5_uplink_netdev_get() gets the uplink netdevice
pointer from mdev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev. However, the netdevice can
be removed and its pointer cleared when unbound from the mlx5_core.eth
driver. This results in a NULL pointer, causing a kernel panic.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001300
at RIP: 0010:mlx5e_vport_rep_load+0x22a/0x270 [mlx5_core]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0x68/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
esw_offloads_enable+0x593/0x910 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x341/0x420 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x17e/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xd0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130
genl_rcv_msg+0x183/0x290
netlink_rcv_skb+0x4b/0xf0
genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x255/0x380
netlink_sendmsg+0x1f3/0x420
__sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60
__sys_sendto+0x119/0x180
do_syscall_64+0x53/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Ensure the pointer is valid before use by checking it for NULL. If it
is valid, immediately call netdev_hold() to take a reference, and
preventing the netdevice from being freed while it is in use.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
7a9fb35e8c3a67145fca262c304de65cb2f83abf , < 2cb17c88edd3a1c7aa6bc880dcdb35a6866fcb2e
(git)
Affected: 7a9fb35e8c3a67145fca262c304de65cb2f83abf , < d1f3db4e7a3be29fc17f01850f162363f919370d (git) Affected: 7a9fb35e8c3a67145fca262c304de65cb2f83abf , < 8df354eb2dd63d111ed5ae2e956e0dbb22bcf93b (git) Affected: 7a9fb35e8c3a67145fca262c304de65cb2f83abf , < 6b4be64fd9fec16418f365c2d8e47a7566e9eba5 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.108 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.49 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.9 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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