Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-21954
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netmem: prevent TX of unreadable skbs
Currently on stable trees we have support for netmem/devmem RX but not
TX. It is not safe to forward/redirect an RX unreadable netmem packet
into the device's TX path, as the device may call dma-mapping APIs on
dma addrs that should not be passed to it.
Fix this by preventing the xmit of unreadable skbs.
Tested by configuring tc redirect:
sudo tc qdisc add dev eth1 ingress
sudo tc filter add dev eth1 ingress protocol ip prio 1 flower ip_proto \
tcp src_ip 192.168.1.12 action mirred egress redirect dev eth1
Before, I see unreadable skbs in the driver's TX path passed to dma
mapping APIs.
After, I don't see unreadable skbs in the driver's TX path passed to dma
mapping APIs.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 15.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
Products affected by CVE-2025-21954
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14