CVE-2025-38551
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.11.2-6.12.40, 6.12.0-6.12.40, 6.13.0-6.15.8 - Denial of Service via Recursive rtnl_lock() Deadlock
Title source: llmDescription
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().
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
1.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.12.40linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.8linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.12
Linux/Linux
6.11.2 - 6.12
Linux/Linux
6.12
Linux/Linux
6.12.40 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.15.8 - 6.15.*
Linux/Linux
6.16
Linux/Linux
cb06b26bb2e6d2c6a32f65f7bb1b7dcbe033d675
Linux/Linux
df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 - 3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa
... and 4 more
Published
Aug 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026