CVE-2025-38720
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hibmcge: fix rtnl deadlock issue Currently, the hibmcge netdev acquires the rtnl_lock in pci_error_handlers.reset_prepare() and releases it in pci_error_handlers.reset_done(). However, in the PCI framework: pci_reset_bus - __pci_reset_slot - pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked - pci_dev_save_and_disable - err_handler->reset_prepare(dev); In pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked(): list_for_each_entry(dev, &slot->bus->devices, bus_list) { if (!dev->slot || dev->slot!= slot) continue; pci_dev_save_and_disable(dev); if (dev->subordinate) pci_bus_save_and_disable_locked(dev->subordinate); } This will iterate through all devices under the current bus and execute err_handler->reset_prepare(), causing two devices of the hibmcge driver to sequentially request the rtnl_lock, leading to a deadlock. Since the driver now executes netif_device_detach() before the reset process, it will not concurrently with other netdev APIs, so there is no need to hold the rtnl_lock now. Therefore, this patch removes the rtnl_lock during the reset process and adjusts the position of HBG_NIC_STATE_RESETTING to ensure that multiple resets are not executed concurrently.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-09-04 16:15:41.710000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:10:00.160000
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"value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnet: hibmcge: corrección del problema de interbloqueo de rtnl\n\nActualmente, el netdev hibmcge adquiere el rtnl_lock en pci_error_handlers.reset_prepare() y lo libera en pci_error_handlers.reset_done().\n\nSin embargo, en el framework PCI:\npci_reset_bus - __pci_reset_slot - pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked -\n pci_dev_save_and_disable - err_handler->reset_prepare(dev);\n\nEn pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked():\n\tlist_for_each_entry(dev, &slot->bus->devices, bus_list) {\n\t\tif (!dev->slot || dev->slot!= slot)\n\t\t\tcontinue;\n\t\tpci_dev_save_and_disable(dev);\n\t\tif (dev->subordinate)\n\t\t\tpci_bus_save_and_disable_locked(dev->subordinate);\n\t}\n\nEsto iterará a través de todos los dispositivos bajo el bus actual y ejecutará err_handler->reset_prepare(), causando que dos dispositivos del controlador hibmcge soliciten secuencialmente el rtnl_lock, lo que lleva a un interbloqueo.\n\nDado que el controlador ahora ejecuta netif_device_detach() antes del proceso de reinicio, no lo hará concurrentemente con otras API de netdev, por lo que ahora no hay necesidad de mantener el rtnl_lock.\n\nPor lo tanto, este parche elimina el rtnl_lock durante el proceso de reinicio y ajusta la posición de HBG_NIC_STATE_RESETTING para asegurar que múltiples reinicios no se ejecuten concurrentemente."
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