{"cve":"CVE-2025-21883","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-27T15:15:56.210","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:31.533","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: Fix deinitializing VF in error path\n\nIf ice_ena_vfs() fails after calling ice_create_vf_entries(), it frees\nall VFs without removing them from snapshot PF-VF mailbox list, leading\nto list corruption.\n\nReproducer:\n  devlink dev eswitch set $PF1_PCI mode switchdev\n  ip l s $PF1 up\n  ip l s $PF1 promisc on\n  sleep 1\n  echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$PF1/device/sriov_numvfs\n  sleep 1\n  echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$PF1/device/sriov_numvfs\n\nTrace (minimized):\n  list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (ffff8882e241c6f0), but was 0000000000000000. (next=ffff888455da1330).\n  kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:29!\n  RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0xa6/0x100\n   ice_mbx_init_vf_info+0xa7/0x180 [ice]\n   ice_initialize_vf_entry+0x1fa/0x250 [ice]\n   ice_sriov_configure+0x8d7/0x1520 [ice]\n   ? __percpu_ref_switch_mode+0x1b1/0x5d0\n   ? __pfx_ice_sriov_configure+0x10/0x10 [ice]\n\nSometimes a KASAN report can be seen instead with a similar stack trace:\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_add_valid_or_report+0xf1/0x100\n\nVFs are added to this list in ice_mbx_init_vf_info(), but only removed\nin ice_free_vfs(). Move the removing to ice_free_vf_entries(), which is\nalso being called in other places where VFs are being removed (including\nice_free_vfs() itself).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34393fd78d7183a007eaf0090966ebedcc29bd57","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c01102bec9592928e6b155da41cfcd5d25a2066","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79990cf5e7aded76d0c092c9f5ed31eb1c75e02c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4880583f88deba63504ce1c8287a70d39c01378"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:28.034033815+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21883","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.11134,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}