Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-21961eth: bnxt: fix truesize for mb-xdp-pass case

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: bnxt: fix truesize for mb-xdp-pass case When mb-xdp is set and return is XDP_PASS, packet is converted from xdp_buff to sk_buff with xdp_update_skb_shared_info() in bnxt_xdp_build_skb(). bnxt_xdp_build_skb() passes incorrect truesize argument to xdp_update_skb_shared_info(). The truesize is calculated as BNXT_RX_PAGE_SIZE * sinfo->nr_frags but the skb_shared_info was wiped by napi_build_skb() before. So it stores sinfo->nr_frags before bnxt_xdp_build_skb() and use it instead of getting skb_shared_info from xdp_get_shared_info_from_buff(). Splat looks like: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at net/core/skbuff.c:6072 skb_try_coalesce+0x504/0x590 Modules linked in: xt_nat xt_tcpudp veth af_packet xt_conntrack nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink xfrm_user xt_addrtype nft_coms CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2+ #3 RIP: 0010:skb_try_coalesce+0x504/0x590 Code: 4b fd ff ff 49 8b 34 24 40 80 e6 40 0f 84 3d fd ff ff 49 8b 74 24 48 40 f6 c6 01 0f 84 2e fd ff ff 48 8d 4e ff e9 25 fd ff ff <0f> 0b e99 RSP: 0018:ffffb62c4120caa8 EFLAGS: 00010287 RAX: 0000000000000003 RBX: ffffb62c4120cb14 RCX: 0000000000000ec0 RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ffffa06e5d7dc000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffffa06e5d7ddec0 R08: ffffa06e6120a800 R09: ffffa06e7a119900 R10: 0000000000002310 R11: ffffa06e5d7dcec0 R12: ffffe4360575f740 R13: ffffe43600000000 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0755f700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f147b76b0f8 CR3: 00000001615d4000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ? __warn+0x84/0x130 ? skb_try_coalesce+0x504/0x590 ? report_bug+0x18a/0x1a0 ? handle_bug+0x53/0x90 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? skb_try_coalesce+0x504/0x590 inet_frag_reasm_finish+0x11f/0x2e0 ip_defrag+0x37a/0x900 ip_local_deliver+0x51/0x120 ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x64/0x70 ip_sublist_rcv+0x179/0x210 ip_list_rcv+0xf9/0x130 How to reproduce: <Node A> ip link set $interface1 xdp obj xdp_pass.o ip link set $interface1 mtu 9000 up ip a a 10.0.0.1/24 dev $interface1 <Node B> ip link set $interfac2 mtu 9000 up ip a a 10.0.0.2/24 dev $interface2 ping 10.0.0.1 -s 65000 Following ping.py patch adds xdp-mb-pass case. so ping.py is going to be able to reproduce this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-55.19.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:9896
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-55.19.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:9896
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.22.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:9080
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-21961
Debian:13linux6.12.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21961
Debian:14linux6.12.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21961

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1dc4c557bfedfcdf7fc0c46795857773b7ad66e7 – before 01492e94a823c50f4ab5084e3ac210ba981133be1dc4c557bfedfcdf7fc0c46795857773b7ad66e7 – before 924ef5959b7cfbee8f923a77b0ad19b5f0a4d5261dc4c557bfedfcdf7fc0c46795857773b7ad66e7 – before 19107e71be330dbccb9f8f9f4cf0a9abeadad8021dc4c557bfedfcdf7fc0c46795857773b7ad66e7 – before b4679807c6083ade4d47f03f80da891afcb6ef621dc4c557bfedfcdf7fc0c46795857773b7ad66e7 – before 9f7b2aa5034e24d3c49db73d5f760c0435fe31c2
Linux Linux 5.19

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