In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
benet: fix BUG when creating VFs
benet crashes as soon as SRIOV VFs are created:
kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:3457!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 7408 Comm: test.sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.16.0+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[...]
RIP: 0010:vunmap+0x5f/0x70
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__iommu_dma_free+0xe8/0x1c0
be_cmd_set_mac_list+0x3fe/0x640 [be2net]
be_cmd_set_mac+0xaf/0x110 [be2net]
be_vf_eth_addr_config+0x19f/0x330 [be2net]
be_vf_setup+0x4f7/0x990 [be2net]
be_pci_sriov_configure+0x3a1/0x470 [be2net]
sriov_numvfs_store+0x20b/0x380
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x354/0x530
vfs_write+0x9b9/0xf60
ksys_write+0xf3/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x3d0
be_cmd_set_mac_list() calls dma_free_coherent() under a spin_lock_bh.
Fix it by freeing only after the lock has been released.
CVSS
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History
20 Aug 2025, 14:40
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Information
Published : 2025-08-19 17:15
Updated : 2025-08-20 14:40
NVD link : CVE-2025-38569
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38569
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38569
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CWE
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