{"cve":"CVE-2025-38551","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-16T12:15:31.267","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:05.573","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()\n\nThe deadlock appears in a stack trace like:\n\n  virtnet_probe()\n    rtnl_lock()\n    virtio_config_changed_work()\n      netdev_notify_peers()\n        rtnl_lock()\n\nIt happens if the VMM sends a VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE request while the\nvirtio-net driver is still probing.\n\nThe config_work in probe() will get scheduled until virtnet_open() enables\nthe config change notification via virtio_config_driver_enable().","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-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3859f137b3c1fa1f0031d54263234566bdcdd7aa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7c46362550b229354aeb52038f414e231b0037","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5dcaed694e4255dc02dd0acfe036708c535def"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38551","score":0.0012,"percentile":0.01841,"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."]}