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CVE-2025-71132
published 2026-01-14

CVE-2025-71132: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT When smc91x.c is built with PREEMPT_RT, the…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.23%
14.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT When smc91x.c is built with PREEMPT_RT, the following splat occurs in FVP_RevC: [ 13.055000] smc91x LNRO0003:00 eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000 [ 13.062137] BUG: workqueue leaked atomic, lock or RCU: kworker/2:1[106] [ 13.062137] preempt=0x00000000 lock=0->0 RCU=0->1 workfn=mld_ifc_work [ 13.062266] C ** replaying previous printk message ** [ 13.062266] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 6.18.0-dirty #179 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} [ 13.062353] Hardware name: , BIOS [ 13.062382] Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work [ 13.062469] Call trace: [ 13.062494] show_stack+0x24/0x40 (C) [ 13.062602] __dump_stack+0x28/0x48 [ 13.062710] dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xb0 [ 13.062818] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 13.062926] process_scheduled_works+0x294/0x450 [ 13.063043] worker_thread+0x260/0x3d8 [ 13.063124] kthread+0x1c4/0x228 [ 13.063235] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 This happens because smc_special_trylock() disables IRQs even on PREEMPT_RT, but smc_special_unlock() does not restore IRQs on PREEMPT_RT. The reason is that smc_special_unlock() calls spin_unlock_irqrestore(), and rcu_read_unlock_bh() in __dev_queue_xmit() cannot invoke rcu_read_unlock() through __local_bh_enable_ip() when current->softirq_disable_cnt becomes zero. To address this issue, replace smc_special_trylock() with spin_trylock_irqsave().

Affected

62 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < 1c4cb705e733250d13243f6a69b8b5a92e39b9f61c4cb705e733250d13243f6a69b8b5a92e39b9f6
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < 9d222141b00156509d67d80c771fbefa92c43ace9d222141b00156509d67d80c771fbefa92c43ace
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < ef277ae121b3249c99994652210a326b52d527b0ef277ae121b3249c99994652210a326b52d527b0
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < 36561b86cb2501647662cfaf91286dd6973804a636561b86cb2501647662cfaf91286dd6973804a6
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < b6018d5c1a8f09d5efe4d6961d7ee45fdf3a7ce3b6018d5c1a8f09d5efe4d6961d7ee45fdf3a7ce3
linuxlinux>= 342a93247e0837101f27bbcca26f402902df98dc < 6402078bd9d1ed46e79465e1faaa42e3458f8a336402078bd9d1ed46e79465e1faaa42e3458f8a33
linuxlinux_kernel
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linuxlinux_kernel
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linuxlinux_kernel
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linuxlinux_kernel
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linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.5-16.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-173.1835.15.0-173.183
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.0 < 5.15.1985.15.198
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.1 < 5.15.1985.15.198
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1606.1.160

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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