# CVE-2025-38683: hv\_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 4.20, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-09-04 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.10.229, fixed in 5.10.241; from 5.15.170, fixed in 5.15.190; from 6.1.115, fixed in 6.1.149; from 6.6.59, fixed in 6.6.103; from 4.19.323, fixed in 4.20; from 5.4.285, fixed in 5.5; from 6.11.6, fixed in 6.12
- Linux: 6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF The existing code move the VF NIC to new namespace when NETDEV_REGISTER is received on netvsc NIC. During deletion of the namespace, default_device_exit_batch() >> default_device_exit_net() is called. When netvsc NIC is moved back and registered to the default namespace, it automatically brings VF NIC back to the default namespace. This will cause the default_device_exit_net() >> for_each_netdev_safe loop unable to detect the list end, and hit NULL ptr: [ 231.449420] mana 7870:00:00.0 enP30832s1: Moved VF to namespace with: eth0 [ 231.449656] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 [ 231.450246] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 231.450579] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 231.450916] PGD 17b8a8067 P4D 0 [ 231.451163] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 231.451450] CPU: 82 UID: 0 PID: 1394 Comm: kworker/u768:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4+ #3 VOLUNTARY [ 231.452042] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 11/21/2024 [ 231.452692] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net [ 231.452947] RIP: 0010:default_device_exit_batch+0x16c/0x3f0 [ 231.453326] Code: c0 0c f5 b3 e8 d5 db fe ff 48 85 c0 74 15 48 c7 c2 f8 fd ca b2 be 10 00 00 00 48 8d 7d c0 e8 7b 77 25 00 49 8b 86 28 01 00 00 <48> 8b 50 10 4c 8b 2a 4c 8d 62 f0 49 83 ed 10 4c 39 e0 0f 84 d6 00 [ 231.454294] RSP: 0018:ff75fc7c9bf9fd00 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 231.454610] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 61c8864680b583eb [ 231.455094] RDX: ff1fa9f71462d800 RSI: ff75fc7c9bf9fd38 RDI: 0000000030766564 [ 231.455686] RBP: ff75fc7c9bf9fd78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 231.456126] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: ff1fa9f70088e340 [ 231.456621] R13: ff1fa9f70088e340 R14: ffffffffb3f50c20 R15: ff1fa9f7103e6340 [ 231.457161] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff1faa6783a08000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 231.457707] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 231.458031] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000179ab2006 CR4: 0000000000b73ef0 [ 231.458434] Call Trace: [ 231.458600] <TASK> [ 231.458777] ops_undo_list+0x100/0x220 [ 231.459015] cleanup_net+0x1b8/0x300 [ 231.459285] process_one_work+0x184/0x340 To fix it, move the ns change to a workqueue, and take rtnl_lock to avoid changing the netdev list when default_device_exit_net() is using it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 4.20) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca41ab55d23a0aa71661a5a56a8f06c11db90dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3467c4ebb334658c6fcf3eabb64a6e8b2135e010
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eff1e57a8ef98d70451b94e8437e458b27dd234
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a70cbd1aef8b8be39992ab7b776ce1390091774
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d036104947176d030bec64792d54e1b4f4c7f318
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5276896e6923ebe8c68573779d784aaf7d987cce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4293f6c5ccf735b26afeb6825def14d830e0367b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33caa208dba6fa639e8a92fd0c8320b652e5550c

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