CVE-2025-21701

Siemens ProductCERT Advisory SSA-082556

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: avoid race between device unregistration and ethnl ops The following trace can be seen if a device is being unregistered while its number of channels are being modified. DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 3754 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:564 __mutex_lock+0xc8a/0x1120 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 3754 Comm: ethtool Not tainted 6.13.0-rc6+ #771 RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0xc8a/0x1120 Call Trace: <TASK> ethtool_check_max_channel+0x1ea/0x880 ethnl_set_channels+0x3c3/0xb10 ethnl_default_set_doit+0x306/0x650 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1e3/0x2c0 genl_rcv_msg+0x432/0x6f0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x13d/0x3b0 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x42e/0x720 netlink_sendmsg+0x765/0xc20 __sys_sendto+0x3ac/0x420 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x95/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e This is because unregister_netdevice_many_notify might run before the rtnl lock section of ethnl operations, eg. set_channels in the above example. In this example the rss lock would be destroyed by the device unregistration path before being used again, but in general running ethnl operations while dismantle has started is not a good idea. Fix this by denying any operation on devices being unregistered. A check was already there in ethnl_ops_begin, but not wide enough. Note that the same issue cannot be seen on the ioctl version (__dev_ethtool) because the device reference is retrieved from within the rtnl lock section there. Once dismantle started, the net device is unlisted and no reference will be found.

Metrics

Severity
high
no public PoC known
7.8
Source: nvd-v3
6.6 %
Low — this CVE sits in the lower 10% of all CVEs scored today.
0.2 %
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2021-09-26 00:00 UTC

Reanalysis & status changes

Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

  1. CVE Modified2026-07-30 06:19 UTC· 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
    • CVSS V3.1: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected operating systems

  • bsd

    freebsd / freebsd13.2

  • bsd

    freebsd / freebsd13.3

  • bsd

    freebsd / freebsd14.0

  • bsd

    freebsd / freebsd14.1

  • bsd

    netbsd / netbsd

  • linux

    almalinux / almalinux9.0

  • linux

    amazon / amazon_linux2023.0

  • linux

    amazon / amazon_linux

  • linux

    ubuntu / awsbionic

  • linux

    ubuntu / awsjammy

  • linux

    ubuntu / awsnoble

  • linux

    ubuntu / awsresolute

  • linux

    ubuntu / awsxenial

  • linux

    ubuntu / aws-6.8jammy

  • linux

    ubuntu / aws-hwexenial

  • linux

    ubuntu / azurejammy

  • linux

    ubuntu / azurenoble

  • linux

    ubuntu / azureresolute

  • linux

    ubuntu / azurexenial

  • linux

    ubuntu / azure-4.15bionic

  • linux

    suse / basesystem_module15

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux10.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux11.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux12.0

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • android

    :linux_kernel::0

  • android

    :linux_kernel:Kernel

  • arista

    cloudvision_agni2024.4.0 – 2025.2.2

  • arista

    cloudvision_portal2024.2.0 – 2026.1.0

  • arista

    velocloud_edge4.5.0 – 6.4.1

  • arista

    velocloud_gateway

  • arista

    velocloud_orchestrator

  • bitnami

    java-min1.9.0

  • bitnami

    varnish6.1.0

  • bitnami

    varnish7.4.0

  • Dell

    ECS3.8.1.0-3.8.1.7

  • Dell

    NetWorkervProxy 19.14

  • Dell

    PowerScale OneFSNode Firmware Package 14.1

  • Dell

    Secure Connect GatewayAppliance 5.32.00.18

  • Dell

    Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16

    fixed in 5.36.00.16

  • Dell

    Secure Connect GatewayAppliance <5.32.00.18

  • gnu

    glibc2.35 – 2.37

  • gnu

    glibc

  • gnupg

    libgcrypt1.11.0 – 1.11.3

  • gnupg

    libgcrypt1.12.0 – 1.12.2

  • gnupg

    libgcrypt1.8.8 – 1.10.4

  • hackage

    xz-clib5.6.3

  • hackage

    xz-clib5.6.4

  • hackage

    xz-clib5.8.0

References & sources

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IDCVE-2025-21701