{"id":"CVE-2025-38551","summary":"virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()\n\nThe deadlock appears in a stack trace like:\n\n  virtnet_probe()\n    rtnl_lock()\n    virtio_config_changed_work()\n      netdev_notify_peers()\n        rtnl_lock()\n\nIt happens if the VMM sends a VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE request while the\nvirtio-net driver is still probing.\n\nThe config_work in probe() will get scheduled until virtnet_open() enables\nthe config change notification via virtio_config_driver_enable().","modified":"2026-03-20T12:42:55.260562Z","published":"2025-08-16T11:34:19.544Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2026:20555-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20615-1","openSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38551.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38551.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38551"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"df28de7b00502761eba62490f413c65c9b175ed9"},{"fixed":"4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037"},{"fixed":"3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa"},{"fixed":"be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"cb06b26bb2e6d2c6a32f65f7bb1b7dcbe033d675"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38551.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}