Linux kernel bug fix: net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE
Subsystem: networking (Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst)
Bug type: hang, severity: medium
Files changed: Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst;include/linux/netdevice.h;include/linux/rtnetlink.h;net/core/dev.c;net/core/dev_api.c;net/core/link_watch.c;net/core/lock_debug.c;net/core/rtnetlink.c;net/ethtool/ioctl.c;net/hsr/hsr_device.c
Introduced by Stanislav Fomichev on 2025-03-06 12:59:44 -0800; fixed by Stanislav Fomichev on 2025-04-07 11:13:39 -0700 (lifetime: 31 days)