CVE-2025-22075 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.9OSV4.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtnetlink: Allocate vfinfo size for VF GUIDs when supported
Commit 30aad41721e0 ("net/core: Add support for getting VF GUIDs")
added support for getting VF port and node GUIDs in netlink ifinfo
messages, but their size was not taken into consideration in the
function that allocates the netlink message, causing the following
warning when a netlink message is filled with many VF port and node
GUIDs:
# echo 64 > /sys/bus/pci/devi…
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