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 <48> 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: <TASK> ? __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 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_devcom_event_mpv+0x42/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0x8c/0x170 [mlx5_core] blocking_event+0x17b/0x230 [mlx5_core] notifier_call_chain+0x35/0xa0 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x3d/0x60 mlx5_blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5_core_mp_event_replay+0x12/0x20 [mlx5_core] mlx5_ib_bind_slave_port+0x228/0x2c0 [mlx5_ib] mlx5_ib_stage_init_init+0x664/0x9d0 [mlx5_ib] ? idr_alloc_cyclic+0x50/0xb0 ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x167/0x340 ? __kmalloc_noprof+0x1a7/0x430 __mlx5_ib_add+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_ib] mlx5r_probe+0xe9/0x310 [mlx5_ib] ? kernfs_add_one+0x107/0x150 ? __mlx5_ib_add+0xd0/0xd0 [mlx5_ib] auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3e/0x90 really_probe+0xc5/0x3a0 ? driver_probe_device+0x90/0x90 __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160 driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90 __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100 bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0 __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0 bus_probe_device+0x86/0xa0 device_add+0x62d/0x830 __auxiliary_device_add+0x3b/0xa0 ? auxiliary_device_init+0x41/0x90 add_adev+0xd1/0x150 [mlx5_core] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x21c/0x300 [mlx5_core] esw_mode_change+0x6c/0xc0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x21e/0x640 [mlx5_core] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xe0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd0/0x120 genl_rcv_msg+0x180/0x2b0 ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x170/0x170 ? devlink_nl_eswitch_get_doit+0x290/0x290 ? devlink_nl_pre_doit_port_optional+0x50/0x50 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0xf0/0xf0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x1fc/0x2d0 netlink_sendmsg+0x1e4/0x410 __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60 ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x12/0x60 __sys_sendto+0x105/0x160 ? __sys_recvmsg+0x4e/0x90 __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7f27bc91b13a Code: bb 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 8b 05 fa 96 2c 00 45 89 c9 4c 63 d1 48 63 ff 85 c0 75 15 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff ---truncated---
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40238 is rated Low Risk (3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-12-05 | — | 0.02% | — |
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-40238 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40238 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40238 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-40238 severity moderate: SUSE including 404 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 821 product×package rows across 117 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (117 product lines)): Fixed 370, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 195, First Fixed 25. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40238/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-40238 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 178, released 126, not-affected 82, needed 7, pending 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40238 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||