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  - net: hibmcge: fix rtnl deadlock issue Currently, the hibmcge netdev acquires the rtnl_lock in     pci_error_handlers.reset_prepare() and releases it in pci_error_handlers.reset_done(). However, in the PCI     framework: pci_reset_bus - __pci_reset_slot - pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked - pci_dev_save_and_disable
    - err_handler->reset_prepare(dev); In pci_slot_save_and_disable_locked(): list_for_each_entry(dev,     &slot->bus->devices, bus_list) { if (!dev->slot || dev->slot!= slot) continue;
    pci_dev_save_and_disable(dev); if (dev->subordinate) pci_bus_save_and_disable_locked(dev->subordinate); }     This will iterate through all devices under the current bus and execute err_handler->reset_prepare(),     causing two devices of the hibmcge driver to sequentially request the rtnl_lock, leading to a deadlock.
    Since the driver now executes netif_device_detach() before the reset process, it will not concurrently     with other netdev APIs, so there is no need to hold the rtnl_lock now. Therefore, this patch removes the     rtnl_lock during the reset process and adjusts the position of HBG_NIC_STATE_RESETTING to ensure that     multiple resets are not executed concurrently. (CVE-2025-38720)

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Version 1.5 Oct 29, 2025, 3:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510290303
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