CVE-2025-38623

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: pnv_php: Fix surprise plug detection and recovery The existing PowerNV hotplug code did not handle surprise plug events correctly, leading to a complete failure of the hotplug system after device removal and a required reboot to detect new devices. This comes down to two issues: 1) When a device is surprise removed, often the bridge upstream port will cause a PE freeze on the PHB. If this freeze is not cleared, the MSI interrupts from the bridge hotplug notification logic will not be received by the kernel, stalling all plug events on all slots associated with the PE. 2) When a device is removed from a slot, regardless of surprise or programmatic removal, the associated PHB/PE ls left frozen. If this freeze is not cleared via a fundamental reset, skiboot is unable to clear the freeze and cannot retrain / rescan the slot. This also requires a reboot to clear the freeze and redetect the device in the slot. Issue the appropriate unfreeze and rescan commands on hotplug events, and don't oops on hotplug if pci_bus_to_OF_node() returns NULL. [bhelgaas: tidy comments]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (27)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 4.9.0 - 5.10.241linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
Linux/Linux < 4.9
Linux/Linux 360aebd85a4c946764f6301d68de2a817fad5159 - 1d2f63680c5719a5da92639e981c6c9a87fcee08
... and 17 more
Published Aug 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026