CVE-2025-38440

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

net/mlx5e: Fix race between DIM disable and net_dim()

There's a race between disabling DIM and NAPI callbacks using the dim
pointer on the RQ or SQ.

If NAPI checks the DIM state bit and sees it still set, it assumes
`rq->dim` or `sq->dim` is valid. But if DIM gets disabled right after
that check, the pointer might already be set to NULL, leading to a NULL
pointer dereference in net_dim().

Fix this by calling `synchronize_net()` before freeing the DIM context.
This ensures all in-progress NAPI callbacks are finished before the
pointer is cleared.

Kernel log:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
...
RIP: 0010:net_dim+0x23/0x190
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __die+0x20/0x60
 ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0
 ? common_interrupt+0xf/0xa0
 ? sysvec_call_function_single+0xb/0x90
 ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x130
 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
 ? net_dim+0x23/0x190
 ? mlx5e_poll_ico_cq+0x41/0x6f0 [mlx5_core]
 ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xb/0x90
 mlx5e_handle_rx_dim+0x92/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5e_napi_poll+0x2cd/0xac0 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5e_poll_ico_cq+0xe5/0x6f0 [mlx5_core]
 busy_poll_stop+0xa2/0x200
 ? mlx5e_napi_poll+0x1d9/0xac0 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5e_trigger_irq+0x130/0x130 [mlx5_core]
 __napi_busy_loop+0x345/0x3b0
 ? sysvec_call_function_single+0xb/0x90
 ? asm_sysvec_call_function_single+0x16/0x20
 ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xb/0x90
 ? pcpu_free_area+0x1e4/0x2e0
 napi_busy_loop+0x11/0x20
 xsk_recvmsg+0x10c/0x130
 sock_recvmsg+0x44/0x70
 __sys_recvfrom+0xbc/0x130
 ? __schedule+0x398/0x890
 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x20/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
...
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
...
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---
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LinuxCNA
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This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
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bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.6
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.10
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.13
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.14
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.17
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.0
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.1
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.5
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
ignored
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.11
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi2
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv
plucky
needed
noble
ignored
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.11
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.19
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.5
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-5.19
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.2
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.5
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-aws
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-oracle
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-raspi
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-intel
plucky
dne
noble
ignored
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-nvidia-6.11
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne