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High · 8.1 CVE-2025-21659 EUVD-2025-2608GHSA-mg35-fw68-x22w

netdev: prevent accessing NAPI instances from another namespace

Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

netdev: prevent accessing NAPI instances from another namespace

The NAPI IDs were not fully exposed to user space prior to the netlink
API, so they were never namespaced. The netlink API must ensure that
at the very least NAPI instance belongs to the same netns as the owner
of the genl sock.

napi_by_id() can become static now, but it needs to move because of
dev_get_by_napi_id().

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.8 6.12.10

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-60.63 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1029.31 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1029.34 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1016.17 USN-7522-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1030.32 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1025.29 USN-7515-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 USN-7379-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1 USN-7381-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1028.31 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1028.31.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1017.17 USN-7382-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1028.28 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1026.27 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-60.63.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63~22.04.1 USN-7513-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1 USN-7513-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1022.23 USN-7513-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1022.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +2 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 8-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20775-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 7-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20776-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 11-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20782-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20766-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 9-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20763-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 7-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20767-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 8-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20704-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 7-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20705-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 11-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20714-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20711-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 +1 11-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20703-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20698-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 9-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20699-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 7-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20712-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_0 3-150700.3.6.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03215-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_0 21-150600.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03108-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5 14-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03123-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_3 +1 20-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03223-1, SUSE-SU-2025:03097-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4 16-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03209-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5 15-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03226-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 +3 11-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03217-1, SUSE-SU-2025:03210-1, SUSE-SU-2025:03111-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_9 6-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03235-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +4 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

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