CVE-2025-21890

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix checksums set in idpf_rx_rsc() idpf_rx_rsc() uses skb_transport_offset(skb) while the transport header is not set yet. This triggers the following warning for CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y builds. DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) [ 69.261620] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 0 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3020 idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261629] Modules linked in: vfat fat dummy bridge intel_uncore_frequency_tpmi intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_vsec_tpmi idpf intel_vsec cdc_ncm cdc_eem cdc_ether usbnet mii xhci_pci xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd libeth [ 69.261644] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Tainted: G S W 6.14.0-smp-DEV #1697 [ 69.261648] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN [ 69.261650] RIP: 0010:idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261677] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:242 kernel/panic.c:748) [ 69.261682] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261687] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:?) [ 69.261690] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:285) [ 69.261694] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:309) [ 69.261697] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621) [ 69.261700] ? __pfx_idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:4011) idpf [ 69.261704] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261708] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:3072) idpf [ 69.261712] __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7194) [ 69.261716] net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7265) [ 69.261718] ? __qdisc_run (net/sched/sch_generic.c:293) [ 69.261721] ? sched_clock (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:84 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:288) [ 69.261726] handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:561)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.12.19-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.12.19-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.19-1`

References

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