CVE-2025-21717

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jul 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: add missing cpu_to_node to kvzalloc_node in mlx5e_open_xdpredirect_sq

kvzalloc_node is not doing a runtime check on the node argument (__alloc_pages_node_noprof does have a VM_BUG_ON, but it expands to nothing on !CONFIG_DEBUG_VM builds), so doing any ethtool/netlink operation that calls mlx5e_open on a CPU that's larger that MAX_NUMNODES triggers OOB access and panic (see the trace below).

Add missing cpu_to_node call to convert cpu id to node id.

[ 165.427394] mlx5_core 0000:5c:00.0 beth1: Link up [ 166.479327] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000800000010 [ 166.494592] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 166.505995] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page ... [ 166.816958] Call Trace: [ 166.822380] <TASK> [ 166.827034] ? __die_body+0x64/0xb0 [ 166.834774] ? page_fault_oops+0x2cd/0x3f0 [ 166.843862] ? exc_page_fault+0x63/0x130 [ 166.852564] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 166.861843] ? __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x43/0xd0 [ 166.871897] ? get_partial_node+0x1c/0x320 [ 166.880983] ? deactivate_slab+0x269/0x2b0 [ 166.890069] ___slab_alloc+0x521/0xa90 [ 166.898389] ? __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x43/0xd0 [ 166.908442] __kmalloc_node_noprof+0x216/0x3f0 [ 166.918302] ? __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x43/0xd0 [ 166.928354] __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x43/0xd0 [ 166.938021] mlx5e_open_channels+0x5e2/0xc00 [ 166.947496] mlx5e_open_locked+0x3e/0xf0 [ 166.956201] mlx5e_open+0x23/0x50 [ 166.963551] __dev_open+0x114/0x1c0 [ 166.971292] __dev_change_flags+0xa2/0x1b0 [ 166.980378] dev_change_flags+0x21/0x60 [ 166.988887] do_setlink+0x38d/0xf20 [ 166.996628] ? ep_poll_callback+0x1b9/0x240 [ 167.005910] ? __nla_validate_parse.llvm.10713395753544950386+0x80/0xd70 [ 167.020782] ? __wake_up_sync_key+0x52/0x80 [ 167.030066] ? __mutex_lock+0xff/0x550 [ 167.038382] ? security_capable+0x50/0x90 [ 167.047279] rtnl_setlink+0x1c9/0x210 [ 167.055403] ? ep_poll_callback+0x1b9/0x240 [ 167.064684] ? security_capable+0x50/0x90 [ 167.073579] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2f9/0x310 [ 167.082667] ? rtnetlink_bind+0x30/0x30 [ 167.091173] netlink_rcv_skb+0xb1/0xe0 [ 167.099492] netlink_unicast+0x20f/0x2e0 [ 167.108191] netlink_sendmsg+0x389/0x420 [ 167.116896] __sys_sendto+0x158/0x1c0 [ 167.125024] __x64_sys_sendto+0x22/0x30 [ 167.133534] do_syscall_64+0x63/0x130 [ 167.141657] ? __irq_exit_rcu.llvm.17843942359718260576+0x52/0xd0 [ 167.155181] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 27, 2025
Last modified
Jul 30, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2025-21717: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix