Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix adapter NULL pointer dereference on reboot

With SRIOV enabled, idpf ends up calling into idpf_remove() twice.
First via idpf_shutdown() and then again when idpf_remove() calls into
sriov_disable(), because the VF devices use the idpf driver, hence the
same remove routine. When that happens, it is possible for the adapter
to be NULL from the first call to idpf_remove(), leading to a NULL
pointer dereference.

echo 1 > /sys/class/net//device/sriov_numvfs
reboot

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
...
RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf]
...
? idpf_remove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf]
? idpf_remove+0x1e4/0x1f0 [idpf]
pci_device_remove+0x3f/0xb0
device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200
pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x20
pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xbe/0x120
sriov_disable+0x34/0xe0
idpf_sriov_configure+0x58/0x140 [idpf]
idpf_remove+0x1b9/0x1f0 [idpf]
idpf_shutdown+0x12/0x30 [idpf]
pci_device_shutdown+0x35/0x60
device_shutdown+0x156/0x200
...

Replace the direct idpf_remove() call in idpf_shutdown() with
idpf_vc_core_deinit() and idpf_deinit_dflt_mbx(), which perform
the bulk of the cleanup, such as stopping the init task, freeing IRQs,
destroying the vports and freeing the mailbox. This avoids the calls to
sriov_disable() in addition to a small netdev cleanup, and destroying
workqueues, which don't seem to be required on shutdown.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-22065

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 2.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22065
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79618e952ef4dfa1a17ee0631d5549603fab58d8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6d562e92a295648f8636acf2a6aa714241771
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc9b3dc0d0c189ed205acf1e5fbd73e0becc4d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c9106f4906a85f6b13542d862e423bcdc118cc3

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