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 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.
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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Feb 2025, 15:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab0 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab0 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a23 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a23 - Patch
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE CWE-476
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

31 Jan 2025, 12:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-01-31 12:15

Updated : 2025-02-04 15:29


NVD link : CVE-2025-21676

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21676


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference