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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-21997 EUVD-2025-9589GHSA-pg24-62pw-76fp

xsk: fix an integer overflow in xp_create_and_assign_umem()

Published Apr 3, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel 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-aws-fips 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-fips 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-gcp-fips 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 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 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: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

xsk: fix an integer overflow in xp_create_and_assign_umem()

Since the i and pool->chunk_size variables are of type 'u32',
their product can wrap around and then be cast to 'u64'.
This can lead to two different XDP buffers pointing to the same
memory area.

Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.16 6.1.132

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 6.12.21-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.21-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.133-1 DSA-5900-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 DLA-4193-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-84.84 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1039.41 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1038.44 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1 USN-7628-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1025.27 USN-7809-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1040.42 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1036.40 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1037.37 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-84.84.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2 USN-7605-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1039.42.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1024.24 USN-7606-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1037.38 USN-7801-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1039.43 USN-7790-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1018.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-85.85~22.04.1 USN-7801-1, USN-7764-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1 USN-7801-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-84.84~22.04.1 —
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 6.8.0-2030.31 USN-7800-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1034.35 USN-7767-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1034.35~22.04.1 USN-7767-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1039.41+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1040.46+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-84.84+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1040.42+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rv +77 6.12.0-55.16.1.el10_0 RHSA-2025:8669
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.21.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:8643

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 rv +75 5.14.0-570.21.1.el9_6 ALSA-2025:8643

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-55.16.1.el10_0 RLSA-2025:8669
Rocky Linux 9 kernel 5.14.0-570.21.1.el9_6 RLSA-2025:8643
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1.150700.17.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-30.1.21.8 SUSE-SU-2025:20419-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-33.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20421-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20419-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-30.1.21.8 SUSE-SU-2025:20408-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-33.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20413-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20408-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2 1-150700.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_13 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13 1-150600.13.6.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-obs-qa 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.22-27.96 +1 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-959, ALAS2023-2025-935
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.132-147.221.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-959, ALAS2023-2025-935
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +5 6.12.22-27.96.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-935

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.85.1-2 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 rv +28 6.12.0-55.19.1.0.1.el10_0 ELSA-2025-8669
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.21.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-8643
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +18 5.15.0-320.202.8.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50261

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