{"cve":"CVE-2025-39773","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-11T17:15:43.010","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired()\n\nWhen set multicast_query_interval to a large value, the local variable\n'time' in br_multicast_send_query() may overflow. If the time is smaller\nthan jiffies, the timer will expire immediately, and then call mod_timer()\nagain, which creates a loop and may trigger the following soft lockup\nissue.\n\n  watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 221s! [rb_consumer:66]\n  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 66 Comm: rb_consumer Not tainted 6.16.0+ #259 PREEMPT(none)\n  Call Trace:\n   <IRQ>\n   __netdev_alloc_skb+0x2e/0x3a0\n   br_ip6_multicast_alloc_query+0x212/0x1b70\n   __br_multicast_send_query+0x376/0xac0\n   br_multicast_send_query+0x299/0x510\n   br_multicast_query_expired.constprop.0+0x16d/0x1b0\n   call_timer_fn+0x3b/0x2a0\n   __run_timers+0x619/0x950\n   run_timer_softirq+0x11c/0x220\n   handle_softirqs+0x18e/0x560\n   __irq_exit_rcu+0x158/0x1a0\n   sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x76/0x90\n   </IRQ>\n\nThis issue can be reproduced with:\n  ip link add br0 type bridge\n  echo 1 > /sys/class/net/br0/bridge/multicast_querier\n  echo 0xffffffffffffffff >\n  \t/sys/class/net/br0/bridge/multicast_query_interval\n  ip link set dev br0 up\n\nThe multicast_startup_query_interval can also cause this issue. Similar to\nthe commit 99b40610956a (\"net: bridge: mcast: add and enforce query\ninterval minimum\"), add check for the query interval maximum to fix this\nissue.","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/34171b9e53bd1dc264f5556579f2b04f04435c73","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43e281fde5e76a866a4d10780c35023f16c0e432","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf5fce8a0c2a70d063af778fdb5b27238174cdd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96476b043efb86a94f2badd260f7f99c97bd5893","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb19cd0de739870bb3494c815138b9dc30875c4"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39773","score":0.00123,"percentile":0.02076,"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."]}