# CVE-2025-38570: eth: fbnic: unlink NAPIs from queues on error to open

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: fbnic: unlink NAPIs from queues on error to open CI hit a UaF in fbnic in the AF_XDP portion of the queues.py test. The UaF is in the __sk_mark_napi_id_once() call in xsk_bind(), NAPI has been freed. Looks like the device failed to open earlier, and we lack clearing the NAPI pointer from the queue.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21d3f8441c7f317b93ba6a8029610c8b7e3773db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b59f9deff3bdb52b223c85048f1d2924803b817
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b31bcb025cb497da2b01f87173108ff32d350d2

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