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Linux Linux — net/smc: fix one NULL pointer dereference in smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0029 21.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 0ef69e788411cba2af017db731a9fc62d255e9ac – —
Linux 6.0 – 6.1.151
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Sep 19 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-39857 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix one NULL pointer dereference in smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync()
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000002ec
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 28 UID: 0 PID: 343 Comm: kworker/28:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.17.0-rc2+ #9 NONE
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]
RIP: 0010:smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync+0x9e/0xd0 [smc]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
smcr_buf_map_link+0x211/0x2a0 [smc]
__smc_buf_create+0x522/0x970 [smc]
smc_buf_create+0x3a/0x110 [smc]
smc_find_rdma_v2_device_serv+0x18f/0x240 [smc]
? smc_vlan_by_tcpsk+0x7e/0xe0 [smc]
smc_listen_find_device+0x1dd/0x2b0 [smc]
smc_listen_work+0x30f/0x580 [smc]
process_one_work+0x18c/0x340
worker_thread+0x242/0x360
kthread+0xe7/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x13a/0x160
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
If the software RoCE device is used, ibdev->dma_device is a null pointer.
As a result, the problem occurs. Null pointer detection is added to
prevent problems.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 19, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-39857 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 0ef69e788411cba2af017db731a9fc62d255e9ac | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.0 | 6.1.151 |
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