CVE-2025-21801 (GCVE-0-2025-21801)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-27 20:00
Modified
2026-08-05 11:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ravb: Fix missing rtnl lock in suspend/resume path Fix the suspend/resume path by ensuring the rtnl lock is held where required. Calls to ravb_open, ravb_close and wol operations must be performed under the rtnl lock to prevent conflicts with ongoing ndo operations. Without this fix, the following warning is triggered: [ 39.032969] ============================= [ 39.032983] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage [ 39.033019] ----------------------------- [ 39.033033] drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c:2004 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage! ... [ 39.033597] stack backtrace: [ 39.033613] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 174 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7-next-20250116-arm64-renesas-00002-g35245dfdc62c #7 [ 39.033623] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK version 2 based on r9a08g045s33 (DT) [ 39.033628] Call trace: [ 39.033633] show_stack+0x14/0x1c (C) [ 39.033652] dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0xc4 [ 39.033664] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c [ 39.033671] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x16c/0x22c [ 39.033682] phy_detach+0x160/0x190 [ 39.033694] phy_disconnect+0x40/0x54 [ 39.033703] ravb_close+0x6c/0x1cc [ 39.033714] ravb_suspend+0x48/0x120 [ 39.033721] dpm_run_callback+0x4c/0x14c [ 39.033731] device_suspend+0x11c/0x4dc [ 39.033740] dpm_suspend+0xdc/0x214 [ 39.033748] dpm_suspend_start+0x48/0x60 [ 39.033758] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x124/0x574 [ 39.033769] pm_suspend+0x1ac/0x274 [ 39.033778] state_store+0x88/0x124 [ 39.033788] kobj_attr_store+0x14/0x24 [ 39.033798] sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x6c [ 39.033808] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x1a8 [ 39.033817] vfs_write+0x27c/0x378 [ 39.033825] ksys_write+0x64/0xf4 [ 39.033833] __arm64_sys_write+0x18/0x20 [ 39.033841] invoke_syscall+0x44/0x104 [ 39.033852] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb4/0xd4 [ 39.033862] do_el0_svc+0x18/0x20 [ 39.033870] el0_svc+0x3c/0xf0 [ 39.033880] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc4 [ 39.033888] el0t_64_sync+0x154/0x158 [ 39.041274] ravb 11c30000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
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Linux Linux Version: 0184165b2f42c4b032da9dd11546bfbaeb5afd4e
Version: 0184165b2f42c4b032da9dd11546bfbaeb5afd4e
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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ravb: Fix missing rtnl lock in suspend/resume path\n\nFix the suspend/resume path by ensuring the rtnl lock is held where\nrequired. Calls to ravb_open, ravb_close and wol operations must be\nperformed under the rtnl lock to prevent conflicts with ongoing ndo\noperations.\n\nWithout this fix, the following warning is triggered:\n[   39.032969] =============================\n[   39.032983] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n[   39.033019] -----------------------------\n[   39.033033] drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c:2004 suspicious\nrcu_dereference_protected() usage!\n...\n[   39.033597] stack backtrace:\n[   39.033613] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 174 Comm: python3 Not tainted\n6.13.0-rc7-next-20250116-arm64-renesas-00002-g35245dfdc62c #7\n[   39.033623] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK version 2 based on\nr9a08g045s33 (DT)\n[   39.033628] Call trace:\n[   39.033633]  show_stack+0x14/0x1c (C)\n[   39.033652]  dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0xc4\n[   39.033664]  dump_stack+0x14/0x1c\n[   39.033671]  lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x16c/0x22c\n[   39.033682]  phy_detach+0x160/0x190\n[   39.033694]  phy_disconnect+0x40/0x54\n[   39.033703]  ravb_close+0x6c/0x1cc\n[   39.033714]  ravb_suspend+0x48/0x120\n[   39.033721]  dpm_run_callback+0x4c/0x14c\n[   39.033731]  device_suspend+0x11c/0x4dc\n[   39.033740]  dpm_suspend+0xdc/0x214\n[   39.033748]  dpm_suspend_start+0x48/0x60\n[   39.033758]  suspend_devices_and_enter+0x124/0x574\n[   39.033769]  pm_suspend+0x1ac/0x274\n[   39.033778]  state_store+0x88/0x124\n[   39.033788]  kobj_attr_store+0x14/0x24\n[   39.033798]  sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x6c\n[   39.033808]  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x1a8\n[   39.033817]  vfs_write+0x27c/0x378\n[   39.033825]  ksys_write+0x64/0xf4\n[   39.033833]  __arm64_sys_write+0x18/0x20\n[   39.033841]  invoke_syscall+0x44/0x104\n[   39.033852]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb4/0xd4\n[   39.033862]  do_el0_svc+0x18/0x20\n[   39.033870]  el0_svc+0x3c/0xf0\n[   39.033880]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc4\n[   39.033888]  el0t_64_sync+0x154/0x158\n[   39.041274] ravb 11c30000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down"
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