# CVE-2025-37895: bnxt\_en: Fix error handling path in bnxt\_init\_chip()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.28
- Published: 2025-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.12.10, fixed in 6.12.28
- Linux: 6.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix error handling path in bnxt_init_chip() WARN_ON() is triggered in __flush_work() if bnxt_init_chip() fails because we call cancel_work_sync() on dim work that has not been initialized. WARNING: CPU: 37 PID: 5223 at kernel/workqueue.c:4201 __flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 The driver relies on the BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED bit to check if dim work has already been cancelled. But in the bnxt_open() path, BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED is not set and this causes the error path to think that it needs to cancel the uninitalized dim work. Fix it by setting BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED during initialization. The bit will be cleared when we enable NAPI and initialize dim work.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e039b00ddbfeaa0dc59b8659be114f1a1b37c5bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21116727f452474502ee74f956d5e7466103e19b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab7a709c926c16b4433cf02d04fcbcf35aaab2b

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