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CVE-2025-38617

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.

  • Published: Aug 22, 2025
  • Updated: Jan 8, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2025-38617
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13 5.4.297
linux / linux_kernel 5.5 5.10.241
linux / linux_kernel 5.11 5.15.190
linux / linux_kernel 5.16 6.1.148
linux / linux_kernel 6.2 6.6.102
linux / linux_kernel 6.7 6.12.42
linux / linux_kernel 6.13 6.15.10
linux / linux_kernel 6.16 6.16.1
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12 2.6.12.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc2 2.6.12-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc3 2.6.12-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc4 2.6.12-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc5 2.6.12-rc5.x
debian / debian_linux 11.0 11.0.x