{"cve":"CVE-2025-38186","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-04T14:15:25.520","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:20.863","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Fix double invocation of bnxt_ulp_stop()/bnxt_ulp_start()\n\nBefore the commit under the Fixes tag below, bnxt_ulp_stop() and\nbnxt_ulp_start() were always invoked in pairs.  After that commit,\nthe new bnxt_ulp_restart() can be invoked after bnxt_ulp_stop()\nhas been called.  This may result in the RoCE driver's aux driver\n.suspend() method being invoked twice.  The 2nd bnxt_re_suspend()\ncall will crash when it dereferences a NULL pointer:\n\n(NULL ib_device): Handle device suspend call\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000b78\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU: 20 UID: 0 PID: 181 Comm: kworker/u96:5 Tainted: G S                  6.15.0-rc1 #4 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nTainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/072T6D, BIOS 2.4.3 01/17/2017\nWorkqueue: bnxt_pf_wq bnxt_sp_task [bnxt_en]\nRIP: 0010:bnxt_re_suspend+0x45/0x1f0 [bnxt_re]\nCode: 8b 05 a7 3c 5b f5 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 49 8b 5c 24 08 4d 8b 2c 24 e8 ea 06 0a f4 48 c7 c6 04 60 52 c0 48 89 df e8 1b ce f9 ff <48> 8b 83 78 0b 00 00 48 8b 80 38 03 00 00 a8 40 0f 85 b5 00 00 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffa2e84084fd88 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000001\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffb4b6b934 RDI: 00000000ffffffff\nRBP: ffffa1760954c9c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffffdfff\nR10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffa2e84084fb50 R12: ffffa176031ef070\nR13: ffffa17609775000 R14: ffffa17603adc180 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa17daa397000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000b78 CR3: 00000004aaa30003 CR4: 00000000003706f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\nbnxt_ulp_stop+0x69/0x90 [bnxt_en]\nbnxt_sp_task+0x678/0x920 [bnxt_en]\n? __schedule+0x514/0xf50\nprocess_scheduled_works+0x9d/0x400\nworker_thread+0x11c/0x260\n? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\nkthread+0xfe/0x1e0\n? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\nret_from_fork+0x2b/0x40\n? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\nret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nCheck the BNXT_EN_FLAG_ULP_STOPPED flag and do not proceed if the flag\nis already set.  This will preserve the original symmetrical\nbnxt_ulp_stop() and bnxt_ulp_start().\n\nAlso, inside bnxt_ulp_start(), clear the BNXT_EN_FLAG_ULP_STOPPED\nflag after taking the mutex to avoid any race condition.  And for\nsymmetry, only proceed in bnxt_ulp_start() if the\nBNXT_EN_FLAG_ULP_STOPPED is set.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9ac33fa271be0d2480fd732f9642d81542500b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f2cd309492924b8afd2c62aebff815c1119d124","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cca4ffd4a5b768752b91f6f75d77928e47886913"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38186","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.07058,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}