CVE-2025-21743 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.9OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbnet: ipheth: fix possible overflow in DPE length check
Originally, it was possible for the DPE length check to overflow if
wDatagramIndex + wDatagramLength > U16_MAX. This could lead to an OoB
read.
Move the wDatagramIndex term to the other side of the inequality.
An existing condition ensures that wDatagramIndex actual_length.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages7 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22