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().
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-25097 | 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(). |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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(). | |
| Title | virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:30:16.740Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.024Z
Link: CVE-2025-38551
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-16T12:15:31.267
Modified: 2025-11-18T18:10:27.400
Link: CVE-2025-38551
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Updated: 2025-08-18T20:50:08Z
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