High · published August 22, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier()
When packet_set_ring() releases po->bind_lock, another thread can
run packet_notifier() and process an NETDEV_UP event.
This race and the fix are both similar to that of commit 15fe076edea7
("net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier()").
There too the packet_notifier NETDEV_UP event managed to run while a
po->bind_lock critical section had to be temporarily released. And
the fix was similarly to temporarily set po->num to zero to keep
the socket unhooked until the lock is retaken.
The po->bind_lock in packet_set_ring and packet_notifier precede the
introduction of git history.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 2.6.13, < 5.4.297 | 5.4.297 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.241 | 5.10.241 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.190 | 5.15.190 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.148 | 6.1.148 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.102 | 6.6.102 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.42 | 6.12.42 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.10 | 6.15.10 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.16, < 6.16.1 | 6.16.1 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
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| debian/debian_linux | all versions | — |