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CVE-2025-40238
published 2025-12-04

CVE-2025-40238: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device When we do mlx5e_detach_netdev() we eventually…

PriorityP423high7.8
EPSS
0.19%
9.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device When we do mlx5e_detach_netdev() we eventually disable blocking events notifier, among those events are IPsec MPV events from IB to core. So before disabling those blocking events, make sure to also unregister the devcom device and mark all this device operations as complete, in order to prevent the other device from using invalid netdev during future devcom events which could cause the trace below. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 PGD 146427067 P4D 146427067 PUD 146488067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7735 Comm: devlink Tainted: GW 6.12.0-rc6_for_upstream_min_debug_2024_11_08_00_46 #1 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:mlx5_devcom_comp_set_ready+0x5/0x40 [mlx5_core] Code: 00 01 48 83 05 23 32 1e 00 01 41 b8 ed ff ff ff e9 60 ff ff ff 48 83 05 00 32 1e 00 01 eb e3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 8b 47 10 48 83 05 5f 32 1e 00 01 48 8b 50 40 48 85 d2 74 05 40 RSP: 0018:ffff88811a5c35f8 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffff888106e8ab80 RBX: ffff888107d7e200 RCX: ffff88810d6f0a00 RDX: ffff88810d6f0a00 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88811a17e620 R08: 0000000000000040 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff88811a5c3618 R11: 0000000de85d51bd R12: ffff88811a17e600 R13: ffff88810d6f0a00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881034bda80 FS: 00007f27bdf89180(0000) GS:ffff88852c880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 000000010f159005 CR4: 0000000000372eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ? __die+0x20/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x130 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? mlx5_devcom_comp_set_ready+0x5/0x40

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 82f9378c443c206d3f9e45844306e5270e7e4109 < 7e212cebc863c2c7a82f480446cd7317214516917e212cebc863c2c7a82f480446cd731721451691
linuxlinux>= 82f9378c443c206d3f9e45844306e5270e7e4109 < 8956686d398eca6d324d2d164f9d2a281175a3a18956686d398eca6d324d2d164f9d2a281175a3a1
linuxlinux>= 82f9378c443c206d3f9e45844306e5270e7e4109 < 664f76be38a18c61151d0ef248c7e2f3afb4f3c7664f76be38a18c61151d0ef248c7e2f3afb4f3c7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.6-16.17.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.66.17.6
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.566.12.56
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
osv3.2LOW
vendor_redhat4.7MEDIUM
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