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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 5, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 12, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF

The existing code move the VF NIC to new namespace when NETDEV_REGISTER is
received on netvsc NIC. During deletion of the namespace,
default_device_exit_batch() >> default_device_exit_net() is called. When
netvsc NIC is moved back and registered to the default namespace, it
automatically brings VF NIC back to the default namespace. This will cause
the default_device_exit_net() >> for_each_netdev_safe loop unable to detect
the list end, and hit NULL ptr:

[ 231.449420] mana 7870:00:00.0 enP30832s1: Moved VF to namespace with: eth0
[ 231.449656] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
[ 231.450246] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 231.450579] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 231.450916] PGD 17b8a8067 P4D 0
[ 231.451163] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 231.451450] CPU: 82 UID: 0 PID: 1394 Comm: kworker/u768:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4+ #3 VOLUNTARY
[ 231.452042] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 11/21/2024
[ 231.452692] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
[ 231.452947] RIP: 0010:default_device_exit_batch+0x16c/0x3f0
[ 231.453326] Code: c0 0c f5 b3 e8 d5 db fe ff 48 85 c0 74 15 48 c7 c2 f8 fd ca b2 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 7d c0 e8 7b 77 25 00 49 8b 86 28 01 00 00 <48> 8b 50 10 4c 8b 2a 4c 8d 62 f0 49 83 ed 10 4c 39 e0 0f 84 d6 00
[ 231.454294] RSP: 0018:ff75fc7c9bf9fd00 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 231.454610] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 61c8864680b583eb
[ 231.455094] RDX: ff1fa9f71462d800 RSI: ff75fc7c9bf9fd38 RDI: 0000000030766564
[ 231.455686] RBP: ff75fc7c9bf9fd78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 231.456126] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: ff1fa9f70088e340
[ 231.456621] R13: ff1fa9f70088e340 R14: ffffffffb3f50c20 R15: ff1fa9f7103e6340
[ 231.457161] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff1faa6783a08000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 231.457707] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 231.458031] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000179ab2006 CR4: 0000000000b73ef0
[ 231.458434] Call Trace:
[ 231.458600]
[ 231.458777] ops_undo_list+0x100/0x220
[ 231.459015] cleanup_net+0x1b8/0x300
[ 231.459285] process_one_work+0x184/0x340

To fix it, move the ns change to a workqueue, and take rtnl_lock to avoid
changing the netdev list when default_device_exit_net() is using it.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 4, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 5, 2025
Last updated May 12, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(7th percentile)

Weaknesses

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-38683

GHSA ID

GHSA-3wcf-2vw2-33qp

Source code

No known source code

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