CVE-2025-39831

  • Published: 2025-09-16T14:15:51.320

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

fbnic: Move phylink resume out of service_task and into open/close

The fbnic driver was presenting with the following locking assert coming
out of a PM resume:
[ 42.208116][ T164] RTNL: assertion failed at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c (2611)
[ 42.208492][ T164] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 164 at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:2611 phylink_resume+0x190/0x1e0
[ 42.208872][ T164] Modules linked in:
[ 42.209140][ T164] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 164 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtme #134 PREEMPT(full)
[ 42.209496][ T164] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-5.fc42 04/01/2014
[ 42.209861][ T164] RIP: 0010:phylink_resume+0x190/0x1e0
[ 42.210057][ T164] Code: 83 e5 01 0f 85 b0 fe ff ff c6 05 1c cd 3e 02 01 90 ba 33 0a 00 00 48 c7 c6 20 3a 1d a5 48 c7 c7 e0 3e 1d a5 e8 21 b8 90 fe 90 0b 90 90 e9 86 fe ff ff e8 42 ea 1f ff e9 e2 fe ff ff 48 89 ef
[ 42.210708][ T164] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000affbd8 EFLAGS: 00010296
[ 42.210983][ T164] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880078d8400 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 42.211235][ T164] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 1ffffffff4f10938 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 42.211466][ T164] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffffa2ae79ea R09: fffffbfff4b3eb84
[ 42.211707][ T164] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888007ad8000
[ 42.211997][ T164] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffff888006a18800 R15: ffffffffa34c59e0
[ 42.212234][ T164] FS: 00007f0dc8e39740(0000) GS:ffff88808f51f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 42.212505][ T164] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 42.212704][ T164] CR2: 00007f0dc8e9fe10 CR3: 000000000b56d003 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
[ 42.213227][ T164] PKRU: 55555554
[ 42.213366][ T164] Call Trace:
[ 42.213483][ T164]
[ 42.213565][ T164] __fbnic_pm_attach.isra.0+0x8e/0xa0
[ 42.213725][ T164] pci_reset_function+0x116/0x1d0
[ 42.213895][ T164] reset_store+0xa0/0x100
[ 42.214025][ T164] ? pci_dev_reset_attr_is_visible+0x50/0x50
[ 42.214221][ T164] ? sysfs_file_kobj+0xc1/0x1e0
[ 42.214374][ T164] ? sysfs_kf_write+0x65/0x160
[ 42.214526][ T164] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2f8/0x4c0
[ 42.214677][ T164] ? kernfs_vma_page_mkwrite+0x1f0/0x1f0
[ 42.214836][ T164] new_sync_write+0x308/0x6f0
[ 42.214987][ T164] ? __lock_acquire+0x34c/0x740
[ 42.215135][ T164] ? new_sync_read+0x6f0/0x6f0
[ 42.215288][ T164] ? lock_acquire.part.0+0xbc/0x260
[ 42.215440][ T164] ? ksys_write+0xff/0x200
[ 42.215590][ T164] ? perf_trace_sched_switch+0x6d0/0x6d0
[ 42.215742][ T164] vfs_write+0x65e/0xbb0
[ 42.215876][ T164] ksys_write+0xff/0x200
[ 42.215994][ T164] ? __ia32_sys_read+0xc0/0xc0
[ 42.216141][ T164] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x269/0x9f0
[ 42.216292][ T164] ? rcu_is_watching+0x15/0xd0
[ 42.216442][ T164] do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x360
[ 42.216591][ T164] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
[ 42.216784][ T164] RIP: 0033:0x7f0dc8ea9986

A bit of digging showed that we were invoking the phylink_resume as a part
of the fbnic_up path when we were enabling the service task while not
holding the RTNL lock. We should be enabling this sooner as a part of the
ndo_open path and then just letting the service task come online later.
This will help to enforce the correct locking and brings the phylink
interface online at the same time as the network interface, instead of at a
later time.

I tested this on QEMU to verify this was working by putting the system to
sleep using “echo mem > /sys/power/state” to put the system to sleep in the
guest and then using the command “system_wakeup” in the QEMU monitor.

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How to fix CVE-2025-39831

CVE-2025-39831 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbnic: Move phylink resume out of service_task and into open/close The fbnic driver was presenting with the following locking assert coming out of a PM resume: [ 42.208116][ T164] RTNL: assertion failed at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c (2611) [ 42.208492][ T164] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 164 at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:2611 […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Sep 16, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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