{"id":"CVE-2025-22116","summary":"idpf: check error for register_netdev() on init","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nidpf: check error for register_netdev() on init\n\nCurrent init logic ignores the error code from register_netdev(),\nwhich will cause WARN_ON() on attempt to unregister it, if there was one,\nand there is no info for the user that the creation of the netdev failed.\n\nWARNING: CPU: 89 PID: 6902 at net/core/dev.c:11512 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x211/0x1a10\n...\n[ 3707.563641]  unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x30\n[ 3707.563656]  idpf_vport_dealloc+0x5cf/0xce0 [idpf]\n[ 3707.563684]  idpf_deinit_task+0xef/0x160 [idpf]\n[ 3707.563712]  idpf_vc_core_deinit+0x84/0x320 [idpf]\n[ 3707.563739]  idpf_remove+0xbf/0x780 [idpf]\n[ 3707.563769]  pci_device_remove+0xab/0x1e0\n[ 3707.563786]  device_release_driver_internal+0x371/0x530\n[ 3707.563803]  driver_detach+0xbf/0x180\n[ 3707.563816]  bus_remove_driver+0x11b/0x2a0\n[ 3707.563829]  pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0x250\n\nIntroduce an error check and log the vport number and error code.\nOn removal make sure to check VPORT_REG_NETDEV flag prior to calling\nunregister and free on the netdev.\n\nAdd local variables for idx, vport_config and netdev for readability.","modified":"2026-05-15T11:53:49.839313545Z","published":"2025-04-16T14:13:02.008Z","related":["CGA-49fc-3456-4fqj","SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/22xxx/CVE-2025-22116.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca996324eacab8fdb7c8ac231eebe5ef0c3c454"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/680811c67906191b237bbafe7dabbbad64649b39"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89768e33752211b2240ec4c34138170c95f11f97"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/22xxx/CVE-2025-22116.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22116"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.80"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.14.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-22116.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}