PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV enable/disable and hotplug
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV enable/disable and hotplug Commit 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV") tried to fix a race between the VF removal inside sriov_del_vfs() and concurrent hot unplug by taking the PCI rescan/remove lock in sriov_del_vfs(). Similarly the PCI rescan/remove lock was also taken in sriov_add_vfs() to protect addition of VFs. This approach however causes deadlock on trying to remove PFs with SR-IOV enabled because PFs disable SR-IOV during removal and this removal happens under the PCI rescan/remove lock. So the original fix had to be reverted. Instead of taking the PCI rescan/remove lock in sriov_add_vfs() and sriov_del_vfs(), fix the race that occurs with SR-IOV enable and disable vs hotplug higher up in the callchain by taking the lock in sriov_numvfs_store() before calling into the driver's sriov_configure() callback.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40219
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5jg-472w-q92f
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cddde484471c602bea04e6f384819d336a1ff84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7673ac466eca37ec3e6b7cc9ccdb06de3304e9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c37920c96b85ef4255a7acc795e99e63dd38d59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1047ca2d816994f31e1475e63e0c0b7825599747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c18f074ff1c12d016a0753072a3afdfa0b9611
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea1d373098b22d7142da48750ce5526096425bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3015627b6e9ddf85cfeaf42405b3c194dde2c36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5338e365c4559d7b4d7356116b0eb95b12e08d5
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40219 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40219 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p5jg-472w-q92f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40219 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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