CVE-2025-38569benet: fix BUG when creating VFs
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.19%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 91% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 797bb9439c0489bbea4b8808297ec7a569098667 – < 3697e37e012bbd2bb5a5b467689811ba097b2eff
- affected 7cfae8627511361f90a1a22dfae556c3fbc5bd8d – < 975e73b9102d844a3dc3f091ad631c56145c8b4c
- affected 671aaa17bd3153e25526934f92307169ce927b5e – < f80b34ebc579216407b128e9d155bfcae875c30f
- affected 4393452e6c0c027971ec9bcc9557f52e63db3f0a – < 46d44a23a3723a89deeb65b13cddb17f8d9f2700
- affected 41d731e7920387ea13e2fb440a1e235686faeeb9 – < c377ba2be9430d165a98e4b782902ed630bc7546
- affected fd1ef3b1bdd3fec683ebd19eb3acc6a2cb60b5c6 – < 0ddfe8b127ef1149fddccb79db6e6eaba7738e7d
- affected 1a82d19ca2d6835904ee71e2d40fd331098f94a0 – < d5dc09ee5d74277bc47193fe28ce8703e229331b
- affected 1a82d19ca2d6835904ee71e2d40fd331098f94a0 – < f4e4e0c4bc4d799d6fa39055acdbc3af066cd13e
- affected 1a82d19ca2d6835904ee71e2d40fd331098f94a0 – < 5a40f8af2ba1b9bdf46e2db10e8c9710538fbc63
- affected 227a829c9067bf03b1967e7e0b1a6777fd57edef
- affected 5.4.291 – < 5.4.297
- affected 5.10.235 – < 5.10.241
- affected 5.15.179 – < 5.15.190
- affected 6.1.131 – < 6.1.148
- affected 6.6.83 – < 6.6.102
- affected 6.12.19 – < 6.12.42
- affected 6.13.7 – < 6.14
- affected 6.14
- unaffected < 6.14
- unaffected 5.4.297 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.241 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.190 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.148 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.102 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.42 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.10 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16.1 – ≤ 6.16.*
- unaffected 6.17 – ≤ *
References
References11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3697e37e012bbd2bb5a5b467689811ba097b2eff (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975e73b9102d844a3dc3f091ad631c56145c8b4c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f80b34ebc579216407b128e9d155bfcae875c30f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d44a23a3723a89deeb65b13cddb17f8d9f2700 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377ba2be9430d165a98e4b782902ed630bc7546 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ddfe8b127ef1149fddccb79db6e6eaba7738e7d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5dc09ee5d74277bc47193fe28ce8703e229331b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e4e0c4bc4d799d6fa39055acdbc3af066cd13e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a40f8af2ba1b9bdf46e2db10e8c9710538fbc63 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-26103 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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