CVE-2025-38569
benet: fix BUG when creating VFs
MEDIUM 5.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 8 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: benet: fix BUG when creating VFs benet crashes as soon as SRIOV VFs are created: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:3457! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 7408 Comm: test.sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.16.0+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [...] RIP: 0010:vunmap+0x5f/0x70 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> __iommu_dma_free+0xe8/0x1c0 be_cmd_set_mac_list+0x3fe/0x640 [be2net] be_cmd_set_mac+0xaf/0x110 [be2net] be_vf_eth_addr_config+0x19f/0x330 [be2net] be_vf_setup+0x4f7/0x990 [be2net] be_pci_sriov_configure+0x3a1/0x470 [be2net] sriov_numvfs_store+0x20b/0x380 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x354/0x530 vfs_write+0x9b9/0xf60 ksys_write+0xf3/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x3d0 be_cmd_set_mac_list() calls dma_free_coherent() under a spin_lock_bh. Fix it by freeing only after the lock has been released.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3697e37e012bbd2bb5a5b467689811ba097b2eff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975e73b9102d844a3dc3f091ad631c56145c8b4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f80b34ebc579216407b128e9d155bfcae875c30f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d44a23a3723a89deeb65b13cddb17f8d9f2700
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377ba2be9430d165a98e4b782902ed630bc7546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ddfe8b127ef1149fddccb79db6e6eaba7738e7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5dc09ee5d74277bc47193fe28ce8703e229331b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e4e0c4bc4d799d6fa39055acdbc3af066cd13e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a40f8af2ba1b9bdf46e2db10e8c9710538fbc63
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-26103
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-38569
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0247 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0246 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1135 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1075 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1050 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0894 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0828 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.4.291 < 5.4.297cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.10.235 < 5.10.241cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.15.179 < 5.15.190cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.1.131 < 6.1.148cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.6.83 < 6.6.102cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.12.19 < 6.12.42cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13.7 < 6.14cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.14.1 < 6.15.10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.16 < 6.16.1cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 797bb9439c0489bbea4b8808297ec7a569098667 < 3697e37e012bbd2bb5a5b467689811ba097b2eff ; affected 7cfae8627511361f90a1a22dfae556c3fbc5bd8d < 975e73b9102d844a3dc3f091ad631c56145c8b4c ; affected 671aaa17bd3153e25526934f92307169ce927b5e < f80b34ebc579216407b128e9d155bfcae875c30f ; affected 4393452e6c0c027971ec9bcc9557f52e63db3f0a < 46d44a23a3723a89deeb65b13cddb17f8d9f2700 ; affected 41d731e7920387ea13e2fb440a1e235686faeeb9 < c377ba2be9430d165a98e4b782902ed630bc7546 ; affected fd1ef3b1bdd3fec683ebd19eb3acc6a2cb60b5c6 < 0ddfe8b127ef1149fddccb79db6e6eaba7738e7d |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 6.14 ; unaffected 5.4.297 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.241 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.190 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.148 ≤ 6.1.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |