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CVE-2025-21676
published 2025-01-31

CVE-2025-21676: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error The fec_enet_update_cbd function calls…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.43%
35.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error The fec_enet_update_cbd function calls page_pool_dev_alloc_pages but did not handle the case when it returned NULL. There was a WARN_ON(!new_page) but it would still proceed to use the NULL pointer and then crash. This case does seem somewhat rare but when the system is under memory pressure it can happen. One case where I can duplicate this with some frequency is when writing over a smbd share to a SATA HDD attached to an imx6q. Setting /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes to higher values also seems to solve the problem for my test case. But it still seems wrong that the fec driver ignores the memory allocation error and can crash. This commit handles the allocation error by dropping the current packet.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.11-1 (forky)linux 6.12.11-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 < eacdcc14f3c8d4c1447565521e792ddb3a67e08deacdcc14f3c8d4c1447565521e792ddb3a67e08d
linuxlinux>= 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 < 8a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a238a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a23
linuxlinux>= 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 < 1425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab01425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab0
linuxlinux>= 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 < 001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.11-16.12.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.11-16.12.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-62.656.8.0-62.65
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1 < 6.6.746.6.74
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.116.12.11

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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