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CVE-2025-38109

net/mlx5: Fix ECVF vports unload on shutdown flow

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix ECVF vports unload on shutdown flow Fix shutdown flow UAF when a virtual function is created on the embedded
chip (ECVF) of a BlueField device. In such case the vport acl ingress
table is not properly destroyed. ECVF functionality is independent of ecpf_vport_exists capability and
thus functions mlx5_eswitch_(enable|disable)_pf_vf_vports() should not
test it when enabling/disabling ECVF vports. kernel log:
[] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
[] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x124/0x220
----------------
[] Call trace:
[] refcount_warn_saturate+0x124/0x220
[] tree_put_node+0x164/0x1e0 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_destroy_flow_table+0x98/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
[] esw_acl_ingress_table_destroy+0x28/0x40 [mlx5_core]
[] esw_acl_ingress_lgcy_cleanup+0x80/0xf4 [mlx5_core]
[] esw_legacy_vport_acl_cleanup+0x44/0x60 [mlx5_core]
[] esw_vport_cleanup+0x64/0x90 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_esw_vport_disable+0xc0/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_eswitch_unload_ec_vf_vports+0xcc/0x150 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov+0x198/0x2a0 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_device_disable_sriov+0xb8/0x1e0 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_sriov_detach+0x40/0x50 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_unload+0x40/0xc4 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x6c/0xe4 [mlx5_core]
[] mlx5_unload_one+0x3c/0x60 [mlx5_core]
[] shutdown+0x7c/0xa4 [mlx5_core]
[] pci_device_shutdown+0x3c/0xa0
[] device_shutdown+0x170/0x340
[] __do_sys_reboot+0x1f4/0x2a0
[] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40
[] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
[] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184
[] do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac
[] el0_svc+0x48/0x160
[] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x12c
[] el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8
[] --[ end trace 9c4601d68c70030e ]---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix ECVF vports unload on shutdown flow Fix shutdown flow UAF when a virtual function is created on the embedded chip (ECVF) of a BlueField device. In such case the vport acl ingress table is not properly destroyed. ECVF functionality is independent of ecpf_vport_exists capability and thus functions mlx5_eswitch_(enable|disable)_pf_vf_vports() should not test it when enabling/disabling ECVF vports. kernel log: [] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. [] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x124/0x220 ---------------- [] Call trace: [] refcount_warn_saturate+0x124/0x220 [] tree_put_node+0x164/0x1e0 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_destroy_flow_table+0x98/0x2c0 [mlx5_core] [] esw_acl_ingress_table_destroy+0x28/0x40 [mlx5_core] [] esw_acl_ingress_lgcy_cleanup+0x80/0xf4 [mlx5_core] [] esw_legacy_vport_acl_cleanup+0x44/0x60 [mlx5_core] [] esw_vport_cleanup+0x64/0x90 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_esw_vport_disable+0xc0/0x1d0 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_eswitch_unload_ec_vf_vports+0xcc/0x150 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov+0x198/0x2a0 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_device_disable_sriov+0xb8/0x1e0 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_sriov_detach+0x40/0x50 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_unload+0x40/0xc4 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x6c/0xe4 [mlx5_core] [] mlx5_unload_one+0x3c/0x60 [mlx5_core] [] shutdown+0x7c/0xa4 [mlx5_core] [] pci_device_shutdown+0x3c/0xa0 [] device_shutdown+0x170/0x340 [] __do_sys_reboot+0x1f4/0x2a0 [] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40 [] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184 [] do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac [] el0_svc+0x48/0x160 [] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x12c [] el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 [] --[ end trace 9c4601d68c70030e ]---

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bug fixes.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-03 CVE Published
  • 2025-07-28 CVE Updated
  • 2025-08-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.5 < 6.6.94
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.5 < 6.12.34
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.5 < 6.15.3
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.5 < 6.16
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en
Affected