# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-39769"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-09-11T16:56:23.694Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:35:54.088Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39769"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39769.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39769"
title: "bnxt_en: Fix lockdep warning during rmmod"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Fix lockdep warning during rmmod\n\nThe commit under the Fixes tag added a netdev_assert_locked() in\nbnxt_free_ntp_fltrs().  The lock should be held during normal run-time\nbut the assert will be triggered (see below) during bnxt_remove_one()\nwhich should not need the lock.  The netdev is already unregistered by\nthen.  Fix it by calling netdev_assert_locked_or_invisible() which will\nnot assert if the netdev is unregistered.\n\nWARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 2241 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:17 bnxt_free_ntp_fltrs+0xf8/0x100 [bnxt_en]\nModules linked in: rpcrdma rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm configfs ib_core bnxt_en(-) bridge stp llc x86_pkg_temp_thermal xfs tg3 [last unloaded: bnxt_re]\nCPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 2241 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G S      W           6.16.0 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nTainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/072T6D, BIOS 2.4.3 01/17/2017\nRIP: 0010:bnxt_free_ntp_fltrs+0xf8/0x100 [bnxt_en]\nCode: 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8b 47 60 be ff ff ff ff 48 8d b8 28 0c 00 00 e8 d0 cf 41 c3 85 c0 0f 85 2e ff ff ff \u003c0f\u003e 0b e9 27 ff ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90\nRSP: 0018:ffffa92082387da0 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9e5b593d8000 RCX: 0000000000000001\nRDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff83dc9a70 RDI: ffffffff83e1a1cf\nRBP: ffff9e5b593d8c80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff8373a2b3\nR10: 000000008100009f R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001\nR13: ffffffffc01c4478 R14: dead000000000122 R15: dead000000000100\nFS:  00007f3a8a52c740(0000) GS:ffff9e631ad1c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000055bb289419c8 CR3: 000000011274e001 CR4: 00000000003706f0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n bnxt_remove_one+0x57/0x180 [bnxt_en]\n pci_device_remove+0x39/0xc0\n device_release_driver_internal+0xa5/0x130\n driver_detach+0x42/0x90\n bus_remove_driver+0x61/0xc0\n pci_unregister_driver+0x38/0x90\n bnxt_exit+0xc/0x7d0 [bnxt_en]"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"004b5008016a2cc37103bf8d9968573771cd311f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5885d39dce879fbbc953f40e19adb60c29802302"},{"version":"004b5008016a2cc37103bf8d9968573771cd311f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4611d88a37cfc18cbabc6978aaf7325d1ae3f53a"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.15"},{"version":"6.16.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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