CVE-2025-40140
net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Nov 12, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast
syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb. This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning:
rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); }
rtl8150_set_multicast() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done }
rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission }
rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle TX queue synchronization.
The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cce3c0e21cdd15bcba5c35d3af1700186de8f187
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a08a37ac03d07a1608a1592791041cac979fbc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54f8ef1a970a8376e5846ed90854decf7c00555d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114e05344763a102a8844efd96ec06ba99293ccd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6394bade9daab8e318c165fe43bba012bf13cd8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6053e47bbf212b93c051beb4261d7d5a409d0ce3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d72df7f5eac946f853bf49c428c4e87a17d91da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958baf5eaee394e5fd976979b0791a875f14a179
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