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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000


Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title benet: fix BUG when creating VFs
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T05:53:58.352Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.025Z

Link: CVE-2025-38569

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T17:15:33.663

Modified: 2025-08-28T15:15:53.463

Link: CVE-2025-38569

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-08-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38569 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-08-21T12:31:34Z