CVE-2025-38039
kernel: net/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 18, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled
When attempting to enable MQPRIO while HTB offload is already
configured, the driver currently returns -EINVAL and triggers a
WARN_ON, leading to an unnecessary call trace.
Update the code to handle this case more gracefully by returning
-EOPNOTSUPP instead, while also providing a helpful user message.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation