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.
References
Configurations
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History
08 Jan 2026, 21:08
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux
Debian Debian debian Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ddfe8b127ef1149fddccb79db6e6eaba7738e7d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3697e37e012bbd2bb5a5b467689811ba097b2eff - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d44a23a3723a89deeb65b13cddb17f8d9f2700 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a40f8af2ba1b9bdf46e2db10e8c9710538fbc63 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975e73b9102d844a3dc3f091ad631c56145c8b4c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377ba2be9430d165a98e4b782902ed630bc7546 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5dc09ee5d74277bc47193fe28ce8703e229331b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e4e0c4bc4d799d6fa39055acdbc3af066cd13e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f80b34ebc579216407b128e9d155bfcae875c30f - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List |
03 Nov 2025, 18:16
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28 Aug 2025, 15:15
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| Summary |
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19 Aug 2025, 17:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-08-19 17:15
Updated : 2026-01-08 21:08
NVD link : CVE-2025-38569
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38569
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38569
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
