CVE-2025-38114 (GCVE-0-2025-38114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:35 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:21
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Title
e1000: Move cancel_work_sync to avoid deadlock
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: e1000: Move cancel_work_sync to avoid deadlock Previously, e1000_down called cancel_work_sync for the e1000 reset task (via e1000_down_and_stop), which takes RTNL. As reported by users and syzbot, a deadlock is possible in the following scenario: CPU 0: - RTNL is held - e1000_close - e1000_down - cancel_work_sync (cancel / wait for e1000_reset_task()) CPU 1: - process_one_work - e1000_reset_task - take RTNL To remedy this, avoid calling cancel_work_sync from e1000_down (e1000_reset_task does nothing if the device is down anyway). Instead, call cancel_work_sync for e1000_reset_task when the device is being removed.
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Linux Linux Affected: e400c7444d84b0fd2ebb34e618f83abe05917543 , < 1fd4438ddcc4958ed24662d5125114299e19bae4 (git)
Affected: e400c7444d84b0fd2ebb34e618f83abe05917543 , < b4a8085ceefb7bbb12c2b71c55e71fc946c6929f (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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