{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38392","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.011Z","datePublished":"2025-07-25T12:53:37.175Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:05.801Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:05.801Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nidpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock\n\nWith VIRTCHNL2_CAP_MACFILTER enabled, the following warning is generated\non module load:\n\n[  324.701677] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:578\n[  324.701684] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1582, name: NetworkManager\n[  324.701689] preempt_count: 201, expected: 0\n[  324.701693] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0\n[  324.701697] 2 locks held by NetworkManager/1582:\n[  324.701702]  #0: ffffffff9f7be770 (rtnl_mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_newlink+0x791/0x21e0\n[  324.701730]  #1: ff1100216c380368 (_xmit_ETHER){....}-{2:2}, at: __dev_open+0x3f0/0x870\n[  324.701749] Preemption disabled at:\n[  324.701752] [<ffffffff9cd23b9d>] __dev_open+0x3dd/0x870\n[  324.701765] CPU: 30 UID: 0 PID: 1582 Comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5+ #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n[  324.701771] Hardware name: Intel Corporation M50FCP2SBSTD/M50FCP2SBSTD, BIOS SE5C741.86B.01.01.0001.2211140926 11/14/2022\n[  324.701774] Call Trace:\n[  324.701777]  <TASK>\n[  324.701779]  dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80\n[  324.701788]  ? __dev_open+0x3dd/0x870\n[  324.701793]  __might_resched.cold+0x1ef/0x23d\n<..>\n[  324.701818]  __mutex_lock+0x113/0x1b80\n<..>\n[  324.701917]  idpf_ctlq_clean_sq+0xad/0x4b0 [idpf]\n[  324.701935]  ? kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n[  324.701941]  idpf_mb_clean+0x143/0x380 [idpf]\n<..>\n[  324.701991]  idpf_send_mb_msg+0x111/0x720 [idpf]\n[  324.702009]  idpf_vc_xn_exec+0x4cc/0x990 [idpf]\n[  324.702021]  ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n[  324.702035]  idpf_add_del_mac_filters+0x3ed/0xb50 [idpf]\n<..>\n[  324.702122]  __hw_addr_sync_dev+0x1cf/0x300\n[  324.702126]  ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90\n[  324.702134]  idpf_set_rx_mode+0x317/0x390 [idpf]\n[  324.702152]  __dev_open+0x3f8/0x870\n[  324.702159]  ? __pfx___dev_open+0x10/0x10\n[  324.702174]  __dev_change_flags+0x443/0x650\n<..>\n[  324.702208]  netif_change_flags+0x80/0x160\n[  324.702218]  do_setlink.isra.0+0x16a0/0x3960\n<..>\n[  324.702349]  rtnl_newlink+0x12fd/0x21e0\n\nThe sequence is as follows:\n\trtnl_newlink()->\n\t__dev_change_flags()->\n\t__dev_open()->\n\tdev_set_rx_mode() - >  # disables BH and grabs \"dev->addr_list_lock\"\n\tidpf_set_rx_mode() ->  # proceed only if VIRTCHNL2_CAP_MACFILTER is ON\n\t__dev_uc_sync() ->\n\tidpf_add_mac_filter ->\n\tidpf_add_del_mac_filters ->\n\tidpf_send_mb_msg() ->\n\tidpf_mb_clean() ->\n\tidpf_ctlq_clean_sq()   # mutex_lock(cq_lock)\n\nFix by converting cq_lock to a spinlock. All operations under the new\nlock are safe except freeing the DMA memory, which may use vunmap(). Fix\nby requesting a contiguous physical memory for the DMA mapping."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c","drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h","drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c"],"versions":[{"version":"a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c","lessThan":"9a36715cd6bc6a6f16230e19a7f947bab34b3fe5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c","lessThan":"dc6c3c2c9dfdaa3a3357f59a80a2904677a71a9a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c","lessThan":"b2beb5bb2cd90d7939e470ed4da468683f41baa3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c","drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h","drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.37","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.6","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.37"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a36715cd6bc6a6f16230e19a7f947bab34b3fe5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6c3c2c9dfdaa3a3357f59a80a2904677a71a9a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2beb5bb2cd90d7939e470ed4da468683f41baa3"}],"title":"idpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}