sfc: fix crash when reading stats while NIC is resetting

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sfc: fix crash when reading stats while NIC is resetting efx_net_stats() (.ndo_get_stats64) can be called during an ethtool selftest, during which time nic_data->mc_stats is NULL as the NIC has been fini'd. In this case do not attempt to fetch the latest stats from the hardware, else we will crash on a NULL dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 RIP efx_nic_update_stats abridged calltrace: efx_ef10_update_stats_pf efx_net_stats dev_get_stats dev_seq_printf_stats Skipping the read is safe, we will simply give out stale stats. To ensure that the free in efx_ef10_fini_nic() does not race against efx_ef10_update_stats_pf(), which could cause a TOCTTOU bug, take the efx->stats_lock in fini_nic (it is already held across update_stats).

Timeline

1. Dec 24, 2025, 1:07 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 15, 2026, 9:38 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Oct 15, 2026, 9:41 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in cb1aa7cc562cab6a87ea33574c8c65f2d2fd7aeb; From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in 91f4ef204e731565afdc6c2a7fcf509a3fd6fd67; From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in 446f5567934331923d0aec4ce045e4ecb0174aae; From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in 470152d76b3ed107d172ea46acc4bfa941f20b4b; From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in aba32b4c58112960c0c708703ca6b44dc8944082; From d3142c193dca9a2f6878f4128ce1aaf221bb3f99 · fixed in d1b355438b8325a486f087e506d412c4e852f37b

• Linux Linux

  5.9

• KernelLinux

  From 5.9.0 · fixed in 5.10.188; From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.121; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.39; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.3.13; From 6.4.0 · fixed in 6.4.4

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