CVE-2025-38551 — Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667 — Improper Locking48 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMar 25

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_e…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.11.2 — 6.12.40+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.41-1+1
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdf28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 — 4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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