Out-of-Bounds Write in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21650)
Summary
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21650). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hns3: fixed hclge_fetch_pf_reg accesses bar space out of bounds issue
The TQP BAR space is divided into two segments. TQPs 0-1023 and TQPs
1024-1279 are in different BAR space addresses. However,
hclge_fetch_pf_reg does not distinguish the tqp space information when
reading the tqp space information. When the number of TQPs is greater
than 1024, access bar space overwriting occurs.
The problem of different segments has been considered during the
initialization of tqp.io_base. Therefore, tqp.io_base is directly used
when the queue is read in hclge_fetch_pf_reg.
The error message:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff800037200000
pc : hclge_fetch_pf_reg+0x138/0x250 [hclge]
lr : hclge_get_regs+0x84/0x1d0 [hclge]
Call trace:
hclge_fetch_pf_reg+0x138/0x250 [hclge]
hclge_get_regs+0x84/0x1d0 [hclge]
hns3_get_regs+0x2c/0x50 [hns3]
ethtool_get_regs+0xf4/0x270
dev_ethtool+0x674/0x8a0
dev_ioctl+0x270/0x36c
sock_do_ioctl+0x110/0x2a0
sock_ioctl+0x2ac/0x530
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x124
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x140/0x15c
do_el0_svc+0x30/0xd0
el0_svc+0x1c/0x2c
el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4
el0_sync+0x168/0x180
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21650 has been found in Linux kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21650" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-21650 (Linux kernel) — CWE-787 / CVSS v3 7.1
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-21650 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21650 linux Fixed in: 6.12.10-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21650 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org