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NTAP-20260925-0007 — CVE-2025-40347 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-09-25 · Updated 2026-09-25 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260925-0007 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · ONTAP · Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-40347 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-40347 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock After applying the workaround for err050089, the LS1028A platform experiences RCU stalls on RT kernel. This issue is caused by the recursive acquisition of the read lock enetc_mdio_lock. Here list some of the call stacks identified under the enetc_poll path that may lead to a deadlock: enetc_poll -> enetc_lock_mdio -> enetc_clean_rx_ring OR napi_complete_done -> napi_gro_receive -> enetc_start_xmit -> enetc_lock_mdio -> enetc_map_tx_buffs -> enetc_unlock_mdio -> enetc_unlock_mdio After enetc_poll acquires the read lock, a higher-priority writer attempts to acquire the lock, causing preemption. The writer detects that a read lock is already held and is scheduled out. However, readers under enetc_poll cannot acquire the read lock again because a writer is already waiting, leading to a thread hang. Currently, the deadlock is avoided by adjusting enetc_lock_mdio to prevent recursive lock acquisition.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
NetApp Console Agent OVA
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40347 ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.