CVE-2025-38617

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And\nthe fix was similarly to temporarily set po->num to zero to keep\nthe socket unhooked until the lock is retaken.\n\nThe po->bind_lock in packet_set_ring and packet_notifier precede the\nintroduction of git history."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Triggering the race requires local syscalls \u2014 creating an AF_PACKET socket, calling setsockopt(PACKET_RX_RING), and generating NETDEV_UP/NETDEV_DOWN events via netlink on a bound device. A remote peer can supply the packet data that lands in the freed ring, but cannot set up the race itself.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race \u2014 one thread issues the PACKET_RX_RING setsockopt while another flaps the bound interface \u2014 and the unlocked window in packet_set_ring() spans a full synchronize_net() RCU grace period, making the race trivially winnable and repeatable.\nPR:L - packet_create() requires only ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW), which an unprivileged user obtains with `unshare -Urn`, along with CAP_NET_ADMIN in that namespace to create a veth/dummy device and bring it up and down. 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