CVE-2025-38683
CVE-2025-38683CVE-2025-38683
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF
The existing code move the VF NIC to new namespace when NETDEV_REGISTER is
received on netvsc NIC. During deletion of the namespace,
default_device_exit_batch() >> default_device_exit_net() is called. When
netvsc NIC is moved back and registered to the default namespace, it
automatically brings VF NIC back to the default namespace. This will cause
the default_device_exit_net() >> for_each_netdev_safe loop unable to detect
the list end, and hit NULL ptr:
[ 231.449420] mana 7870:00:00.0 enP30832s1: Moved VF to namespace with: eth0
[ 231.449656] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
[ 231.450246] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 231.450579] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 231.450916] PGD 17b8a8067 P4D 0
[ 231.451163] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 231.451450] CPU: 82 UID: 0 PID: 1394 Comm: kworker/u768:1
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-10-19 |