CVE-2025-38617
Published: Aug 22, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() When packet_set_ring() releases po->bind_lock, another thread can run packet_notifier() and process an NETDEV_UP event. This race and the fix are both similar to that of commit 15fe076edea7 ("net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier()"). There too the packet_notifier NETDEV_UP event managed to run while a po->bind_lock critical section had to be temporarily released. And the fix was similarly to temporarily set po->num to zero to keep the socket unhooked until the lock is retaken. The po->bind_lock in packet_set_ring and packet_notifier precede the introduction of git history.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 18f13f2a83eb81be349a9757ba2141ff1da9ad73affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 7da733f117533e9b2ebbd530a22ae4028713955caffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < ba2257034755ae773722f15f4c3ad1dcdad15ca9affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 7de07705007c7e34995a5599aaab1d23e762d7caaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - < 88caf46db8239e6471413d28aabaa6b8bd552805+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.12unaffected 0 - < 2.6.12unaffected 5.4.297 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.241 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.190 - <= 5.15.*+6 more versions |
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