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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Remove RTNL dance for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF. SIOCBRDELIF is passed to dev_ioctl() first and later forwarded to br_ioct…

Medium CVSS 5.5
CVECVE-2025-22111
First seen2026-07-14 19:15 UTC
Disclosed2025-04-16 15:16 UTC
Last updated2026-10-15 12:31 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Remove RTNL dance for SIOCBRADDIF and SIOCBRDELIF. SIOCBRDELIF is passed to dev_ioctl() first and later forwarded to br_ioctl_call(), which causes unnecessary RTNL dance and the splat below [0] under RTNL pressure. Let's say Thread A is trying to detach a device from a bridge and Thread B is trying to remove the bridge. In dev_ioctl(), Thread A bumps the bridge device's refcnt by netdev_hold() and releases RTNL because…

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Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

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Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD