ghsa-v9wx-3hgc-c95m
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link()
At the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL, we must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.
Use netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().
RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline] RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline] RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82 Call Trace: rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674 rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38271"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-10T08:15:25Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link()\n\nAt the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev-\u003enetdev_ops is NULL,\nwe must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if\nCONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.\n\nUse netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().\n\n RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674\n rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813\n __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]\n rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055\n rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]",
"id": "GHSA-v9wx-3hgc-c95m",
"modified": "2025-07-10T09:32:28Z",
"published": "2025-07-10T09:32:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38271"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a29ae8428a5c26f0b4471c2057d9e9415c53109"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feafc73f3e6ae73371777a037d41d2e31c929636"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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