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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908
Aliases CVE-2025-39908
Summary In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo invocations. Kernel log: WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... Call Trace: <TASK> netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60 mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240 dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0 sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900 ? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 ... </TASK> .... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
cvssv4 4.8 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://git.kernel.org/linus/686cab5a18e443e1d5f2abb17bed45837836425f
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-39908
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39908
2d92fa0cdc02291de57f72170e8b60cef0cf5372 Other https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d92fa0cdc02291de57f72170e8b60cef0cf5372
686cab5a18e443e1d5f2abb17bed45837836425f Other https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/686cab5a18e443e1d5f2abb17bed45837836425f
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39908.json
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There are no SSVC decisions available.