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CVE-2025-39988
published 2025-10-15

CVE-2025-39988: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: etas_es58x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET…

PriorityP345high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.16%
6.1th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: etas_es58x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the etas_es58x driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)); to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, es58x_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN(FD) frame. This can result in a buffer overflow. For example, using the es581.4 variant, the frame will be dispatched to es581_4_tx_can_msg(), go through the last check at the beginning of this function: if (can_is_canfd_skb(skb)) return -EMSGSIZE; and reach this line: memcpy(tx_can_msg->data, cf->data, cf->len); Here, cf->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs! Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MT

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < 72de0facc50afdb101fb7197d880407f1abfc77f72de0facc50afdb101fb7197d880407f1abfc77f
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < c4e582e686c4d683c87f2b4a316385b3d81d370fc4e582e686c4d683c87f2b4a316385b3d81d370f
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < cbc1de71766f326a44bb798aeae4a7ef4a081cc9cbc1de71766f326a44bb798aeae4a7ef4a081cc9
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < b26cccd87dcddc47b450a40f3b1ac3fe346efcffb26cccd87dcddc47b450a40f3b1ac3fe346efcff
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < e587af2c89ecc6382c518febea52fa9ba81e47c0e587af2c89ecc6382c518febea52fa9ba81e47c0
linuxlinux>= 8537257874e949a59c834cecfd5a063e11b64b0b < 38c0abad45b190a30d8284a37264d2127a6ec30338c0abad45b190a30d8284a37264d2127a6ec303
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.158-16.1.158-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.10-16.16.10-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-170.1805.15.0-170.180
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.13.0 < 5.15.1945.15.194
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.1556.1.155
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.16.106.16.10
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1096.6.109
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.506.12.50
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15
ubuntulinux-intel-iotg-5.15
ubuntulinux-xilinx
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.3HIGH
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