CVE-2025-21629 — Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 15
Latest updateApr 1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP packets
The blamed commit disabled hardware offoad of IPv6 packets with
extension headers on devices that advertise NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM,
based on the definition of that feature in skbuff.h:
* * - %NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM
* - Driver (device) is only able to checksum plain
* TCP or UDP packets over IPv6. These are specifically
* unencapsulated packets of the form IPv6|TCP or
* IPv6|UD…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa84978a9cda68f0afe3f01d476c68db21526baf1 — ac9cfef69565021c9e1022a493a9c40b03e2caf9+9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.11, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-03-27