CVE-2025-21648Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 29

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: clamp maximum hashtable size to INT_MAX Use INT_MAX as maximum size for the conntrack hashtable. Otherwise, it is possible to hit WARN_ON_ONCE in __kvmalloc_node_noprof() when resizing hashtable because __GFP_NOWARN is unset. See: 0708a0afe291 ("mm: Consider __GFP_NOWARN flag for oversized kvmalloc() calls") Note: hashtable resize is only possible from init_netns.

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 Packages6 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.7.15.10.234+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-135.146+1
CVEListV5linux/linux9cc1c73ad66610bffc80b691136ffc1e9a3b1a58a965f7f0ea3ae61b9165bed619d5d6da02c75f80+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.128-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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