Bug 2432357 (CVE-2025-71156)

Summary:	CVE-2025-71156 kernel: gve: defer interrupt enabling until NAPI registration
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	Security
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:		Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-23 15:01:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gve: defer interrupt enabling until NAPI registration

Currently, interrupts are automatically enabled immediately upon
request. This allows interrupt to fire before the associated NAPI
context is fully initialized and cause failures like below:

[    0.946369] Call Trace:
[    0.946369]  <IRQ>
[    0.946369]  __napi_poll+0x2a/0x1e0
[    0.946369]  net_rx_action+0x2f9/0x3f0
[    0.946369]  handle_softirqs+0xd6/0x2c0
[    0.946369]  ? handle_edge_irq+0xc1/0x1b0
[    0.946369]  __irq_exit_rcu+0xc3/0xe0
[    0.946369]  common_interrupt+0x81/0xa0
[    0.946369]  </IRQ>
[    0.946369]  <TASK>
[    0.946369]  asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
[    0.946369] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xb/0x10

Use the `IRQF_NO_AUTOEN` flag when requesting interrupts to prevent auto
enablement and explicitly enable the interrupt in NAPI initialization
path (and disable it during NAPI teardown).

This ensures that interrupt lifecycle is strictly coupled with
readiness of NAPI context.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-01-23 18:33:04 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026012306-CVE-2025-71156-f8f2@gregkh/T