CVE-2025-39908
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
01/10/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths<br />
<br />
ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops<br />
lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo<br />
invocations.<br />
<br />
Kernel log:<br />
WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60<br />
...<br />
RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60<br />
...<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60<br />
mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core]<br />
mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]<br />
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220<br />
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220<br />
dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240<br />
dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0<br />
sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370<br />
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900<br />
? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0<br />
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53<br />
...<br />
<br />
....<br />
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---<br />
<br />
Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown<br />
in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl<br />
to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.15 (including) | 6.16.8 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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