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

net/smc: fix one NULL pointer dereference in smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync()

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000002ec
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 28 UID: 0 PID: 343 Comm: kworker/28:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.17.0-rc2+ #9 NONE
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]
RIP: 0010:smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync+0x9e/0xd0 [smc]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
smcr_buf_map_link+0x211/0x2a0 [smc]
__smc_buf_create+0x522/0x970 [smc]
smc_buf_create+0x3a/0x110 [smc]
smc_find_rdma_v2_device_serv+0x18f/0x240 [smc]
? smc_vlan_by_tcpsk+0x7e/0xe0 [smc]
smc_listen_find_device+0x1dd/0x2b0 [smc]
smc_listen_work+0x30f/0x580 [smc]
process_one_work+0x18c/0x340
worker_thread+0x242/0x360
kthread+0xe7/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x13a/0x160
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>

If the software RoCE device is used, ibdev->dma_device is a null pointer.
As a result, the problem occurs. Null pointer detection is added to
prevent problems.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix one NULL pointer dereference in smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync() BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000002ec PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 28 UID: 0 PID: 343 Comm: kworker/28:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.17.0-rc2+ #9 NONE Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc] RIP: 0010:smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync+0x9e/0xd0 [smc] ... Call Trace: <TASK> smcr_buf_map_link+0x211/0x2a0 [smc] __smc_buf_create+0x522/0x970 [smc] smc_buf_create+0x3a/0x110 [smc] smc_find_rdma_v2_device_serv+0x18f/0x240 [smc] ? smc_vlan_by_tcpsk+0x7e/0xe0 [smc] smc_listen_find_device+0x1dd/0x2b0 [smc] smc_listen_work+0x30f/0x580 [smc] process_one_work+0x18c/0x340 worker_thread+0x242/0x360 kthread+0xe7/0x220 ret_from_fork+0x13a/0x160 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> If the software RoCE device is used, ibdev->dma_device is a null pointer. As a result, the problem occurs. Null pointer detection is added to prevent problems.
Title net/smc: fix one NULL pointer dereference in smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-19T15:26:28.225Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.142Z

Link: CVE-2025-39857

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-19T16:15:44.650

Modified: 2025-09-19T16:15:44.650

Link: CVE-2025-39857

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