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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() When packet_set_ring() releases po->bind_lock, another thread c…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2025-38617
First seen2026-07-30 17:16 UTC
Disclosed2025-08-22 14:15 UTC
Last updated2026-07-30 17:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() When packet_set_ring() releases po->bind_lock, another thread can run packet_notifier() and process an NETDEV_UP event. This race and the fix are both similar to that of commit 15fe076edea7 ("net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier()"). There too the packet_notifier NETDEV_UP event managed to run while a po->bind_lock critical section had …

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Lint boundary warnings (1)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://blog.calif.io/p/a-race-within-a-race-exploiting-cve

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD