GHSA-JCH8-HV9X-VVC6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-16 15:34 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: Remove RTNL dance for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF.
SIOCBRDELIF is passed to dev_ioctl() first and later forwarded to br_ioctl_call(), which causes unnecessary RTNL dance and the splat below [0] under RTNL pressure.
Let's say Thread A is trying to detach a device from a bridge and Thread B is trying to remove the bridge.
In dev_ioctl(), Thread A bumps the bridge device's refcnt by netdev_hold() and releases RTNL because the following br_ioctl_call() also re-acquires RTNL.
In the race window, Thread B could acquire RTNL and try to remove the bridge device. Then, rtnl_unlock() by Thread B will release RTNL and wait for netdev_put() by Thread A.
Thread A, however, must hold RTNL after the unlock in dev_ifsioc(), which may take long under RTNL pressure, resulting in the splat by Thread B.
Thread A (SIOCBRDELIF) Thread B (SIOCBRDELBR)
---------------------- ----------------------
sock_ioctl sock_ioctl
- sock_do_ioctl- br_ioctl_call
- dev_ioctl- br_ioctl_stub
|- rtnl_lock |
|- dev_ifsioc '
' |- dev = __dev_get_by_name(...)
|- netdev_hold(dev, ...) .
/ |- rtnl_unlock ------. |
| |- br_ioctl_call ---> |- rtnl_lock
Race | |- br_ioctl_stub |- br_del_bridge
Window | | | |- dev = __dev_get_by_name(...)
| | | May take long | - br_dev_delete(dev, ...)
| | | under RTNL pressure |- unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, ...)
| | | | - rtnl_unlock
\ | |- rtnl_lock <-'- netdev_run_todo
| |- ... - netdev_run_todo
|- rtnl_unlock |- __rtnl_unlock
| |- netdev_wait_allrefs_any
|- netdev_put(dev, ...) <----------------'
Wait refcnt decrement
and log splat below
To avoid blocking SIOCBRDELBR unnecessarily, let's not call dev_ioctl() for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF.
In the dev_ioctl() path, we do the following:
- Copy struct ifreq by get_user_ifreq in sock_do_ioctl()
- Check CAP_NET_ADMIN in dev_ioctl()
- Call dev_load() in dev_ioctl()
-
Fetch the master dev from ifr.ifr_name in dev_ifsioc()
-
can be done by request_module() in br_ioctl_call(), so we move 1., 2., and 4. to br_ioctl_stub().
Note that 2. is also checked later in add_del_if(), but it's better performed before RTNL.
SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF have been processed in dev_ioctl() since the pre-git era, and there seems to be no specific reason to process them there.
[0]: unregister_netdevice: waiting for wpan3 to become free. Usage count = 2 ref_tracker: wpan3@ffff8880662d8608 has 1/1 users at __netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4282 [inline] netdev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4311 [inline] dev_ifsioc+0xc6a/0x1160 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:624 dev_ioctl+0x255/0x10c0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:826 sock_do_ioctl+0x1ca/0x260 net/socket.c:1213 sock_ioctl+0x23a/0x6c0 net/socket.c:1318 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a4/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-22111"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-16T15:16:05Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: Remove RTNL dance for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF.\n\nSIOCBRDELIF is passed to dev_ioctl() first and later forwarded to\nbr_ioctl_call(), which causes unnecessary RTNL dance and the splat\nbelow [0] under RTNL pressure.\n\nLet\u0027s say Thread A is trying to detach a device from a bridge and\nThread B is trying to remove the bridge.\n\nIn dev_ioctl(), Thread A bumps the bridge device\u0027s refcnt by\nnetdev_hold() and releases RTNL because the following br_ioctl_call()\nalso re-acquires RTNL.\n\nIn the race window, Thread B could acquire RTNL and try to remove\nthe bridge device. Then, rtnl_unlock() by Thread B will release RTNL\nand wait for netdev_put() by Thread A.\n\nThread A, however, must hold RTNL after the unlock in dev_ifsioc(),\nwhich may take long under RTNL pressure, resulting in the splat by\nThread B.\n\n Thread A (SIOCBRDELIF) Thread B (SIOCBRDELBR)\n ---------------------- ----------------------\n sock_ioctl sock_ioctl\n `- sock_do_ioctl `- br_ioctl_call\n `- dev_ioctl `- br_ioctl_stub\n |- rtnl_lock |\n |- dev_ifsioc \u0027\n \u0027 |- dev = __dev_get_by_name(...)\n |- netdev_hold(dev, ...) .\n / |- rtnl_unlock ------. |\n | |- br_ioctl_call `---\u003e |- rtnl_lock\n Race | | `- br_ioctl_stub |- br_del_bridge\n Window | | | |- dev = __dev_get_by_name(...)\n | | | May take long | `- br_dev_delete(dev, ...)\n | | | under RTNL pressure | `- unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, ...)\n | | | | `- rtnl_unlock\n \\ | |- rtnl_lock \u003c-\u0027 `- netdev_run_todo\n | |- ... `- netdev_run_todo\n | `- rtnl_unlock |- __rtnl_unlock\n | |- netdev_wait_allrefs_any\n |- netdev_put(dev, ...) \u003c----------------\u0027\n Wait refcnt decrement\n and log splat below\n\nTo avoid blocking SIOCBRDELBR unnecessarily, let\u0027s not call\ndev_ioctl() for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF.\n\nIn the dev_ioctl() path, we do the following:\n\n 1. Copy struct ifreq by get_user_ifreq in sock_do_ioctl()\n 2. Check CAP_NET_ADMIN in dev_ioctl()\n 3. Call dev_load() in dev_ioctl()\n 4. Fetch the master dev from ifr.ifr_name in dev_ifsioc()\n\n3. can be done by request_module() in br_ioctl_call(), so we move\n1., 2., and 4. to br_ioctl_stub().\n\nNote that 2. is also checked later in add_del_if(), but it\u0027s better\nperformed before RTNL.\n\nSIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF have been processed in dev_ioctl() since\nthe pre-git era, and there seems to be no specific reason to process\nthem there.\n\n[0]:\nunregister_netdevice: waiting for wpan3 to become free. Usage count = 2\nref_tracker: wpan3@ffff8880662d8608 has 1/1 users at\n __netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4282 [inline]\n netdev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4311 [inline]\n dev_ifsioc+0xc6a/0x1160 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:624\n dev_ioctl+0x255/0x10c0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:826\n sock_do_ioctl+0x1ca/0x260 net/socket.c:1213\n sock_ioctl+0x23a/0x6c0 net/socket.c:1318\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a4/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f",
"id": "GHSA-jch8-hv9x-vvc6",
"modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:21Z",
"published": "2025-04-16T15:34:45Z",
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