{"id":"CVE-2025-38039","title":"net/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled\n\nWhen attempting to enable MQPRIO while HTB offload is already\nconfigured, the driver currentl…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 090c0ba179eaf7b670e720aa054533756a43d565","Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < b82e496531c571caf8a2ef247f51c160bab2162e","Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 9e2bac6835f73895598df5a3a125a19497fad46b","Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 689805dcc474c2accb5cffbbcea1c06ee4a54570","Linux 5.12"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T20:48:30.192408Z"},"published":"2025-06-18","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T20:52:13.286Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38039","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/090c0ba179eaf7b670e720aa054533756a43d565"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b82e496531c571caf8a2ef247f51c160bab2162e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e2bac6835f73895598df5a3a125a19497fad46b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689805dcc474c2accb5cffbbcea1c06ee4a54570"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00193,"epssPercentile":0.0904,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.910Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38039","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled\n\nWhen attempting to enable MQPRIO while HTB offload is already\nconfigured, the driver currently returns `-EINVAL` and triggers a\n`WARN_ON`, leading to an unnecessary call trace.\n\nUpdate the code to handle this case more gracefully by returning\n`-EOPNOTSUPP` instead, while also providing a helpful user message.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 090c0ba179eaf7b670e720aa054533756a43d565`\n- `Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < b82e496531c571caf8a2ef247f51c160bab2162e`\n- `Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 9e2bac6835f73895598df5a3a125a19497fad46b`\n- `Linux >= 214baf22870cfa437522f3bd4fbae56338674b04 < 689805dcc474c2accb5cffbbcea1c06ee4a54570`\n- `Linux 5.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}