Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-40164usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings Syzbot reported the following warning: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dhcpcd/2879 caller is usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2879 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00098-g615dca38c2ea #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 check_preemption_disabled+0xd0/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49 usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331 usbnet_resume_rx+0x4b/0x170 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:708 usbnet_change_mtu+0x1be/0x220 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:417 __dev_set_mtu net/core/dev.c:9443 [inline] netif_set_mtu_ext+0x369/0x5c0 net/core/dev.c:9496 netif_set_mtu+0xb0/0x160 net/core/dev.c:9520 dev_set_mtu+0xae/0x170 net/core/dev_api.c:247 dev_ifsioc+0xa31/0x18d0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572 dev_ioctl+0x223/0x10e0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:821 sock_do_ioctl+0x19d/0x280 net/socket.c:1204 sock_ioctl+0x42f/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x190/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x260 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f For historical and portability reasons, the netif_rx() is usually run in the softirq or interrupt context, this commit therefore add local_bh_disable/enable() protection in the usbnet_resume_rx().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.162-1DSA-6127-1
Debian:12linux6.1.162-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40164
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1DSA-6126-1
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40164
Debian:14linux6.17.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-176.186UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-176.186USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-14.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1105.112UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1105.112USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1110.119USN-8180-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1110.119UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60USN-8258-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1USN-8440-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1114.123UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1105.114USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1105.114UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1USN-8179-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1101.107UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1101.107USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1088.96USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1088.96UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1099.102USN-8180-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1099.102UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1100.106UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1100.106USN-8180-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1097.102UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1097.102USN-8180-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-175.185USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-175.185UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1USN-8179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1100.101USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1100.101UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1USN-8185-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1USN-8185-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1057.57USN-8187-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1057.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22USN-8265-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1046.46USN-8187-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1046.46UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1102.108UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1102.108USN-8180-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1USN-8203-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1099.102UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1099.102USN-8180-6
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56USN-8179-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1006.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-14.14.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1028.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1070.74USN-8275-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1070.74UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 43daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before 6635e52bc4165793aefd686962d912d73d323afe43daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before 65d04291adf7c59338f87aab9c6fe0bfa9993e6443daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before f45fffae5e2549bd0a4670cc52a15ad54c9f121e43daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before 17fbad93879e87a334062882b45fa727ba1b3dd743daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before d1944bab8e0c1511f0cbf364aa06547735bb0ddb43daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before 0134c7bff14bd50314a4f92b182850ddfc38e25543daa96b166c3cf5ff30dfac0c5efa2620e4beab – before 327cd4b68b4398b6c24f10eb2b2533ffbfc10185
Linux Linux 4.7

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