In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: txgbe: fix RTNL assertion warning when remove module
For the copper NIC with external PHY, the driver called
phylink_connect_phy() during probe and phylink_disconnect_phy() during
remove. It caused an RTNL assertion warning in phylink_disconnect_phy()
upon module remove.
To fix this, add rtnl_lock() and rtnl_unlock() around the
phylink_disconnect_phy() in remove function.
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RTNL: assertion failed at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c (2351)
WARNING: drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:2351 at
phylink_disconnect_phy+0xd8/0xf0 [phylink], CPU#0: rmmod/4464
Modules linked in: ...
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4464 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4+
Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E16/X670E GAMING
PLUS WIFI (MS-7E16), BIOS 1.90 12/31/2024
RIP: 0010:phylink_disconnect_phy+0xe4/0xf0 [phylink]
Code: 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 31 d2 31 f6 31 ff e9 3a 38 8f e7
48 8d 3d 48 87 e2 ff ba 2f 09 00 00 48 c7 c6 c1 22 24 c0 <67> 48 0f b9 3a
e9 34 ff ff ff 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffce7288363ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff89654b2a1a00 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 000000000000092f RSI: ffffffffc02422c1 RDI: ffffffffc0239020
RBP: ffffce7288363ae8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8964c4022000
R13: ffff89654fce3028 R14: ffff89654ebb4000 R15: ffffffffc0226348
FS: 0000795e80d93780(0000) GS:ffff896c52857000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005b528b592000 CR3: 0000000170d0f000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
txgbe_remove_phy+0xbb/0xd0 [txgbe]
txgbe_remove+0x4c/0xb0 [txgbe]
pci_device_remove+0x41/0xb0
device_remove+0x43/0x80
device_release_driver_internal+0x206/0x270
driver_detach+0x4a/0xa0
bus_remove_driver+0x83/0x120
driver_unregister+0x2f/0x60
pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90
txgbe_driver_exit+0x10/0x850 [txgbe]
__do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x1c3/0x2f0
__x64_sys_delete_module+0x12/0x20
x64_sys_call+0x20c3/0x2390
do_syscall_64+0x11c/0x1500
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? do_syscall_64+0x15a/0x1500
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? do_fault+0x312/0x580
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? __handle_mm_fault+0x9d5/0x1040
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? count_memcg_events+0x101/0x1d0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? handle_mm_fault+0x1e8/0x2f0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? do_user_addr_fault+0x2f8/0x820
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? irqentry_exit+0xb2/0x600
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? exc_page_fault+0x92/0x1c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
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
- 0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from 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)14 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's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” 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