CVE-2025-39905
highpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phylink: add lock for serializing concurrent pl->phydev writes with resolver Currently phylink_resolve() protects itself against concurrent phylink_bringup_phy() or phylink_disconnect_phy() calls which modify pl->phydev by relying on pl->state_mutex. The problem is that in phylink_resolve(), pl->state_mutex is in a lock inversion state with pl->phydev->lock. So pl->phydev->lock needs to be acquired prior to pl->state_mutex. But that requires dereferencing pl->phydev in the first place, and without pl->state_mutex, that is racy. Hence the reason for the extra lock. Currently it is redundant, but it will serve a functional purpose once mutex_lock(&phy->lock) will be moved outside of the mutex_lock(&pl->state_mutex) section. Another alternative considered would have been to let phylink_resolve() acquire the rtnl_mutex, which is also held when phylink_bringup_phy() and phylink_disconnect_phy() are called. But since phylink_disconnect_phy() runs under rtnl_lock(), it would deadlock with phylink_resolve() when calling flush_work(&pl->resolve). Additionally, it would have been undesirable because it would have unnecessarily blocked many other call paths as well in the entire kernel, so the smaller-scoped lock was preferred.
remediations
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (22)
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advisories (2)
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- RHSA-2026:0453security update for kernel2026-01-12csaf · suse_csafDE
security update for kernel
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2170Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-09-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen und andere nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen, möglicherweise um beliebigen Code auszuführen oder eine Speicherbeschädigung zu verursachen.
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references (7)
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba5b2f2c381dbec9ed9e4ab3ae5d3e667de0dc3cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56fe63b05ec84ae6674269d78397cec43a7a295acnnvd
- https://www.kernel.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba5b2f2c381dbec9ed9e4ab3ae5d3e667de0dc3enisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56fe63b05ec84ae6674269d78397cec43a7a295aenisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba5b2f2c381dbec9ed9e4ab3ae5d3e667de0dc3Patchnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56fe63b05ec84ae6674269d78397cec43a7a295aPatchnvd
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