Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac: fix spinlock recursion issues on rx/tx poll
Use spin_lock_irqsave and spin_unlock_irqrestore instead of spin_lock
and spin_unlock in mtk_star_emac driver to avoid spinlock recursion
occurrence that can happen when enabling the DMA interrupts again in
rx/tx poll.
BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, swapper/0/0
lock: 0xffff00000db9cf20, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: swapper/0/0,
.owner_cpu: 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
6.15.0-rc2-next-20250417-00001-gf6a27738686c-dirty #28 PREEMPT
Hardware name: MediaTek MT8365 Open Platform EVK (DT)
Call trace:
show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C)
dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x80
dump_stack+0x18/0x24
spin_dump+0x78/0x88
do_raw_spin_lock+0x11c/0x120
_raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x2c
mtk_star_handle_irq+0xc0/0x22c [mtk_star_emac]
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x48/0x140
handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xb0
handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa0/0x1bc
handle_irq_desc+0x34/0x58
generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x28
gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x120
do_interrupt_handler+0x50/0x84
el1_interrupt+0x34/0x68
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
el1h_64_irq+0x6c/0x70
regmap_mmio_read32le+0xc/0x20 (P)
_regmap_bus_reg_read+0x6c/0xac
_regmap_read+0x60/0xdc
regmap_read+0x4c/0x80
mtk_star_rx_poll+0x2f4/0x39c [mtk_star_emac]
__napi_poll+0x38/0x188
net_rx_action+0x164/0x2c0
handle_softirqs+0x100/0x244
__do_softirq+0x14/0x20
____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x64
do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x40
__irq_exit_rcu+0xd4/0x10c
irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
el1_interrupt+0x38/0x68
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
el1h_64_irq+0x6c/0x70
cpuidle_enter_state+0xac/0x320 (P)
cpuidle_enter+0x38/0x50
do_idle+0x1e4/0x260
cpu_startup_entry+0x34/0x3c
rest_init+0xdc/0xe0
console_on_rootfs+0x0/0x6c
__primary_switched+0x88/0x90
Impact
CVE-2025-37917 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-37917? CVE-2025-37917 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2025-37917? CVE-2025-37917 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-37917? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-37917 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-37917 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-37917 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-37917 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.