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High · 7.8 CVE-2025-21717 EUVD-2025-5251GHSA-6v7v-ggwx-mwx7

net/mlx5e: add missing cpu_to_node to kvzalloc_node in mlx5e_open_xdpredirect_sq

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 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-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-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 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-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 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-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 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-6.5 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-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime 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-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.13 6.13.2

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
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
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 —
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
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-200.74.27.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372, ELSA-2026-50232, ELSA-2026-50160

Advisories 6

References