In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths
ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops
lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo
invocations.
Kernel log:
WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60
mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240
dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0
sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900
? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
...
</TASK>
....
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown
in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl
to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline.
net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths
ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops
lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo
invocations.
Kernel log:
WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60
mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240
dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0
sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900
? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
...
</TASK>
....
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown
in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl
to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline.
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo invocations. Kernel log: WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... Call Trace: <TASK> netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60 mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240 dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0 sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900 ? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 ... </TASK> .... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline. | |
Title | net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-01T07:44:31.904Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.146Z
Link: CVE-2025-39908

No data.

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-01T08:15:33.727
Modified: 2025-10-02T19:12:17.160
Link: CVE-2025-39908


Updated: 2025-10-02T08:40:11Z