In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hv_netvsc: Fix panic during...

CVE-2025-38683 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF

The existing code move the VF NIC to new namespace when NETDEV_REGISTER is
received on netvsc NIC. During deletion of the namespace,
default_device_exit_batch() >> default_device_exit_net() is called. When
netvsc NIC is moved back and registered to the default namespace, it
automatically brings VF NIC back to the default namespace. This will cause
the default_device_exit_net() >> for_each_netdev_safe loop unable to detect
the list end, and hit NULL ptr:

[ 231.449420] mana 7870:00:00.0 enP30832s1: Moved VF to namespace with: eth0
[ 231.449656] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
[ 231.450246] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 231.450579] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 231.450916] PGD 17b8a8067 P4D 0
[ 231.451163] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 231.451450] CPU: 82 UID: 0 PID: 1394 Comm: kworker/u768:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4+ #3 VOLUNTARY
[ 231.452042] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 11/21/2024
[ 231.452692] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
[ 231.452947] RIP: 0010:default_device_exit_batch+0x16c/0x3f0
[ 231.453326] Code: c0 0c f5 b3 e8 d5 db fe ff 48 85 c0 74 15 48 c7 c2 f8 fd ca b2 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 7d c0 e8 7b 77 25 00 49 8b 86 28 01 00 00 <48> 8b 50 10 4c 8b 2a 4c 8d 62 f0 49 83 ed 10 4c 39 e0 0f 84 d6 00
[ 231.454294] RSP: 0018:ff75fc7c9bf9fd00 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 231.454610] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 61c8864680b583eb
[ 231.455094] RDX: ff1fa9f71462d800 RSI: ff75fc7c9bf9fd38 RDI: 0000000030766564
[ 231.455686] RBP: ff75fc7c9bf9fd78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 231.456126] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: ff1fa9f70088e340
[ 231.456621] R13: ff1fa9f70088e340 R14: ffffffffb3f50c20 R15: ff1fa9f7103e6340
[ 231.457161] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff1faa6783a08000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 231.457707] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 231.458031] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000179ab2006 CR4: 0000000000b73ef0
[ 231.458434] Call Trace:
[ 231.458600] <TASK>
[ 231.458777] ops_undo_list+0x100/0x220
[ 231.459015] cleanup_net+0x1b8/0x300
[ 231.459285] process_one_work+0x184/0x340

To fix it, move the ns change to a workqueue, and take rtnl_lock to avoid
changing the netdev list when default_device_exit_net() is using it.

Basic information

Type
unreviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
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Source code
Not specified
Published (advisory)
2025-09-05 18:31:15 UTC
Updated
2026-05-12 15:32:04 UTC
NVD published
2025-09-04

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.02% 4.52%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.5 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-3wcf-2vw2-33qp ↗
CVE CVE-2025-38683 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence