CVE-2025-40140

net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb. This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning: rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); } rtl8150_set_multicast() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done } rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission } rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle TX queue synchronization. The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 114e05344763a102a8844efd96ec06ba99293ccd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1a08a37ac03d07a1608a1592791041cac979fbc3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 54f8ef1a970a8376e5846ed90854decf7c00555d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6053e47bbf212b93c051beb4261d7d5a409d0ce3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6394bade9daab8e318c165fe43bba012bf13cd8e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 958baf5eaee394e5fd976979b0791a875f14a179 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d72df7f5eac946f853bf49c428c4e87a17d91da (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cce3c0e21cdd15bcba5c35d3af1700186de8f187 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.246 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.195 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.301 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.156 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.112 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
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