CVE-2025-38640

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().

syzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without

migration disabled in xmit path.

Then the assertion in __bpf_prog_run() fails, triggering the splat

below. [0]

Let's use bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu() in nf_hook_run_bpf().

[0]:

BUG: assuming non migratable context at ./include/linux/filter.h:703

in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, migration_disabled() 0 pid: 5829, name: sshd-session

3 locks held by sshd-session/5829:

#0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1667 [inline]

#0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: tcp_sendmsg+0x20/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1395

#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]

#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]

#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_l

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References