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CVE-2025-38617

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() re…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.13 before 5.4.297
from 5.5 before 5.10.241
from 5.11 before 5.15.190
from 5.16 before 6.1.148
from 6.2 before 6.6.102
from 6.7 before 6.12.42
DebianDebian Linux
Version 11.0

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References