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 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 <0f> 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] <TASK>
[ 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.11 | 6.12.45 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.16.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.12.48-1 | DSA-6008-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-azure-fde | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-intel +19 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-64kb +7 | 6.12.0-160000.8.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 |
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 | SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-64kb +7 | 6.12.0-160000.8.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 | SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 | SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-rt +5 | 6.12.0-160000.8.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20562-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 | openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-rt +10 | 6.12.0-160000.8.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 |
Advisories 7
- WID-SEC-2025-2077 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20562-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- DSA-6008-1 linux - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026