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    "id": "CVE-2025-38551",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38551",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-08-16T11:34:19.544Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-23T15:59:59.225Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
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      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "virtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: fix recursived rtnl_lock() during probe()\n\nThe deadlock appears in a stack trace like:\n\n  virtnet_probe()\n    rtnl_lock()\n    virtio_config_changed_work()\n      netdev_notify_peers()\n        rtnl_lock()\n\nIt happens if the VMM sends a VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE request while the\nvirtio-net driver is still probing.\n\nThe config_work in probe() will get scheduled until virtnet_open() enables\nthe config change notification via virtio_config_driver_enable().",
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