{"cve":"CVE-2025-38683","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:36.047","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF\n\nThe existing code move the VF NIC to new namespace when NETDEV_REGISTER is\nreceived on netvsc NIC. During deletion of the namespace,\ndefault_device_exit_batch() >> default_device_exit_net() is called. When\nnetvsc NIC is moved back and registered to the default namespace, it\nautomatically brings VF NIC back to the default namespace. This will cause\nthe default_device_exit_net() >> for_each_netdev_safe loop unable to detect\nthe list end, and hit NULL ptr:\n\n[  231.449420] mana 7870:00:00.0 enP30832s1: Moved VF to namespace with: eth0\n[  231.449656] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010\n[  231.450246] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[  231.450579] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[  231.450916] PGD 17b8a8067 P4D 0\n[  231.451163] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n[  231.451450] CPU: 82 UID: 0 PID: 1394 Comm: kworker/u768:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4+ #3 VOLUNTARY\n[  231.452042] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 11/21/2024\n[  231.452692] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net\n[  231.452947] RIP: 0010:default_device_exit_batch+0x16c/0x3f0\n[  231.453326] Code: c0 0c f5 b3 e8 d5 db fe ff 48 85 c0 74 15 48 c7 c2 f8 fd ca b2 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 7d c0 e8 7b 77 25 00 49 8b 86 28 01 00 00 <48> 8b 50 10 4c 8b 2a 4c 8d 62 f0 49 83 ed 10 4c 39 e0 0f 84 d6 00\n[  231.454294] RSP: 0018:ff75fc7c9bf9fd00 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[  231.454610] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 61c8864680b583eb\n[  231.455094] RDX: ff1fa9f71462d800 RSI: ff75fc7c9bf9fd38 RDI: 0000000030766564\n[  231.455686] RBP: ff75fc7c9bf9fd78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[  231.456126] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: ff1fa9f70088e340\n[  231.456621] R13: ff1fa9f70088e340 R14: ffffffffb3f50c20 R15: ff1fa9f7103e6340\n[  231.457161] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff1faa6783a08000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[  231.457707] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[  231.458031] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000179ab2006 CR4: 0000000000b73ef0\n[  231.458434] Call Trace:\n[  231.458600]  <TASK>\n[  231.458777]  ops_undo_list+0x100/0x220\n[  231.459015]  cleanup_net+0x1b8/0x300\n[  231.459285]  process_one_work+0x184/0x340\n\nTo fix it, move the ns change to a workqueue, and take rtnl_lock to avoid\nchanging the netdev list when default_device_exit_net() is using it.","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a70cbd1aef8b8be39992ab7b776ce1390091774","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33caa208dba6fa639e8a92fd0c8320b652e5550c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3467c4ebb334658c6fcf3eabb64a6e8b2135e010","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca41ab55d23a0aa71661a5a56a8f06c11db90dc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4293f6c5ccf735b26afeb6825def14d830e0367b"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38683","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.0704,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}