In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iavf: Fix hang during reboot/shutdown
Recent commit 974578017fc1 ("iavf: Add waiting so the port is
initialized in remove") adds a wait-loop at the beginning of
iavf_remove() to ensure that port initialization is finished
prior unregistering net device. This causes a regression
in reboot/shutdown scenario because in this case callback
iavf_shutdown() is called and this callback detaches the device,
makes it down if it is running and sets its state to __IAVF_REMOVE.
Later shutdown callback of associated PF driver (e.g. ice_shutdown)
is called. That callback calls among other things sriov_disable()
that calls indirectly iavf_remove() (see stack trace below).
As the adapter state is already __IAVF_REMOVE then the mentioned
loop is end-less and shutdown process hangs.
The patch fixes this by checking adapter's state at the beginning
of iavf_remove() and skips the rest of the function if the adapter
is already in remove state (shutdown is in progress).
Reproducer:
- Create VF on PF driven by ice or i40e driver
- Ensure that the VF is bound to iavf driver
- Reboot
[52625.981294] sysrq: SysRq : Show Blocked State
[52625.988377] task:reboot state:D stack: 0 pid:17359 ppid: 1 f2
[52625.996732] Call Trace:
[52625.999187] __schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[52626.007400] schedule+0x35/0xa0
[52626.010545] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x83/0x100
[52626.020046] usleep_range+0x5b/0x80
[52626.023540] iavf_remove+0x63/0x5b0 [iavf]
[52626.027645] pci_device_remove+0x3b/0xc0
[52626.031572] device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0
[52626.036805] pci_stop_bus_device+0x72/0xa0
[52626.040904] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20
[52626.045870] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xba/0x120
[52626.050232] sriov_disable+0x2f/0xe0
[52626.053813] ice_free_vfs+0x7c/0x340 [ice]
[52626.057946] ice_remove+0x220/0x240 [ice]
[52626.061967] ice_shutdown+0x16/0x50 [ice]
[52626.065987] pci_device_shutdown+0x34/0x60
[52626.070086] device_shutdown+0x165/0x1c5
[52626.074011] kernel_restart+0xe/0x30
[52626.077593] __do_sys_reboot+0x1d2/0x210
[52626.093815] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[52626.097483] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it