CVE-2025-38551

virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()

published August 16, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()

The deadlock appears in a stack trace like:

virtnet_probe()

rtnl_lock()

virtio_config_changed_work()

netdev_notify_peers()

rtnl_lock()

It happens if the VMM sends a VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE request while the

virtio-net driver is still probing.

The config_work in probe() will get scheduled until virtnet_open() enables

the config change notification via virtio_config_driver_enable().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00120 · 1.8th percentile
Published
2025-08-16T11:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 AUG 11:34Z
    virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()
    cvelistv5