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Linux Linux — bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0016 6.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d – —
Linux 6.4 – 6.6.102
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Aug 22 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38640 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().
syzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without
migration disabled in xmit path.
Then the assertion in __bpf_prog_run() fails, triggering the splat
below. [0]
Let's use bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu() in nf_hook_run_bpf().
[0]:
BUG: assuming non migratable context at ./include/linux/filter.h:703
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, migration_disabled() 0 pid: 5829, name: sshd-session
3 locks held by sshd-session/5829:
#0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1667 [inline]
#0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: tcp_sendmsg+0x20/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1395
#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
#1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __ip_queue_xmit+0x69/0x26c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:470
#2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
#2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
#2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: nf_hook+0xb2/0x680 include/linux/netfilter.h:241
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5829 Comm: sshd-session Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-00002-g155a3c003e55 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
__cant_migrate kernel/sched/core.c:8860 [inline]
__cant_migrate+0x1c7/0x250 kernel/sched/core.c:8834
__bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:703 [inline]
bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline]
nf_hook_run_bpf+0x83/0x1e0 net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c:20
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xbb/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:623
nf_hook+0x370/0x680 include/linux/netfilter.h:272
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:305 [inline]
ip_output+0x1bc/0x2a0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:433
dst_output include/net/dst.h:459 [inline]
ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline]
__ip_queue_xmit+0x1d7d/0x26c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:527
__tcp_transmit_skb+0x2686/0x3e90 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1479
tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1497 [inline]
tcp_write_xmit+0x1274/0x84e0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2838
__tcp_push_pending_frames+0xaf/0x390 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3021
tcp_push+0x225/0x700 net/ipv4/tcp.c:759
tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x1870/0x42b0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1359
tcp_sendmsg+0x2e/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1396
inet_sendmsg+0xb9/0x140 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]
sock_write_iter+0x4aa/0x5b0 net/socket.c:1131
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x6c7/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x1f8/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fe7d365d407
Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff
RSP:
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 22, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38640 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.4 | 6.6.102 |
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