In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix deinitializing VF in error path
If ice_ena_vfs() fails after calling ice_create_vf_entries(), it frees
all VFs without removing them from snapshot PF-VF mailbox list, leading
to list corruption.
Reproducer:
  devlink dev eswitch set $PF1_PCI mode switchdev
  ip l s $PF1 up
  ip l s $PF1 promisc on
  sleep 1
  echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$PF1/device/sriov_numvfs
  sleep 1
  echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$PF1/device/sriov_numvfs
Trace (minimized):
  list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (ffff8882e241c6f0), but was 0000000000000000. (next=ffff888455da1330).
  kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:29!
  RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0xa6/0x100
   ice_mbx_init_vf_info+0xa7/0x180 [ice]
   ice_initialize_vf_entry+0x1fa/0x250 [ice]
   ice_sriov_configure+0x8d7/0x1520 [ice]
   ? __percpu_ref_switch_mode+0x1b1/0x5d0
   ? __pfx_ice_sriov_configure+0x10/0x10 [ice]
Sometimes a KASAN report can be seen instead with a similar stack trace:
  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_add_valid_or_report+0xf1/0x100
VFs are added to this list in ice_mbx_init_vf_info(), but only removed
in ice_free_vfs(). Move the removing to ice_free_vf_entries(), which is
also being called in other places where VFs are being removed (including
ice_free_vfs() itself).
                
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History
                    29 Oct 2025, 16:50
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CWE | CWE-416 | |
| First Time | Linux linux Kernel Linux | |
| Summary | 
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34393fd78d7183a007eaf0090966ebedcc29bd57 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c01102bec9592928e6b155da41cfcd5d25a2066 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79990cf5e7aded76d0c092c9f5ed31eb1c75e02c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4880583f88deba63504ce1c8287a70d39c01378 - Patch | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8 | 
27 Mar 2025, 15:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2025-03-27 15:15
Updated : 2025-10-29 16:50
NVD link : CVE-2025-21883
Mitre link : CVE-2025-21883
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21883
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Products Affected
                linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-416
                        
            Use After Free
