CVE-2025-39805

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix unregister_netdev call order in macb_remove() When removing a macb device, the driver calls phy_exit() before unregister_netdev(). This leads to a WARN from kernfs: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernfs: can not remove 'attached_dev', no directory WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27146 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1683 Call trace: kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xd8/0xf0 sysfs_remove_link+0x24/0x58 phy_detach+0x5c/0x168 phy_disconnect+0x4c/0x70 phylink_disconnect_phy+0x6c/0xc0 [phylink] macb_close+0x6c/0x170 [macb] ... macb_remove+0x60/0x168 [macb] platform_remove+0x5c/0x80 ... The warning happens because the PHY is being exited while the netdev is still registered. The correct order is to unregister the netdev before shutting down the PHY and cleaning up the MDIO bus. Fix this by moving unregister_netdev() ahead of phy_exit() in macb_remove().
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Dec 2025, 22:15

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b9719ccad38dffad7dbdd2f39896f723f9b9011 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7351782f2fc8ac31ced52e3d4e6fa120f819a7ab -

02 Dec 2025, 19:31

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First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b9128c5db1b470575d07b05b67ffa3cb02ebf1 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b9128c5db1b470575d07b05b67ffa3cb02ebf1 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775fe690fd4a3337ad2115de2adb41b227d4dae7 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775fe690fd4a3337ad2115de2adb41b227d4dae7 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0d3bad32108b57265e5b48f15327549af771d3 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0d3bad32108b57265e5b48f15327549af771d3 - Patch
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

16 Sep 2025, 13:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-16 13:15

Updated : 2025-12-06 22:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-39805

Mitre link : CVE-2025-39805

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-39805


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel