CVE-2025-38551
virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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_enable().
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 < 4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037 df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 < 3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9 < be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def cb06b26bb2e6d2c6a32f65f7bb1b7dcbe033d675
Linux / Linux
6.12