CVE-2025-21680

pktgen: Avoid out-of-bounds access in get_imix_entries

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pktgen: Avoid out-of-bounds access in get_imix_entries Passing a sufficient amount of imix entries leads to invalid access to the pkt_dev->imix_entries array because of the incorrect boundary check. UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/core/pktgen.c:874:24 index 20 is out of range for type 'imix_pkt [20]' CPU: 2 PID: 1210 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.10.0-rc1 #121 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl lib/dump_stack.c:117 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds lib/ubsan.c:429 get_imix_entries net/core/pktgen.c:874 pktgen_if_write net/core/pktgen.c:1063 pde_write fs/proc/inode.c:334 proc_reg_write fs/proc/inode.c:346 vfs_write fs/read_write.c:593 ksys_write fs/read_write.c:644 do_syscall_64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [ fp: allow to fill the array completely; minor changelog cleanup ]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.15 ≤ v < 5.15.1775.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1275.15 ≤ v < 6.12.115.15 ≤ v < 6.135.15 ≤ v < 6.6.745.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1276.2 ≤ v < 6.6.746.7 ≤ v < 6.12.1152a62f8603f97e720882c8f5aff2767ac6a11d5f6.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc56.13 rc66.13 rc7
Vendor states this is fixed in 1a9b65c672ca9dc4ba52ca2fd54329db9580ce29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3450092cc2d1c311c5ea92a2486daa2a33520ea5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 76201b5979768500bca362871db66d77cb4c225e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7cde21f52042aa2e29a654458166b873d2ae66b3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e5d24a7074dcd0c7e76b7e7e4efbbe7418d62486 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.127 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.74 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a9b65c672ca9dc4ba52ca2fd54329db9580ce29
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3450092cc2d1c311c5ea92a2486daa2a33520ea5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76201b5979768500bca362871db66d77cb4c225e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cde21f52042aa2e29a654458166b873d2ae66b3
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d24a7074dcd0c7e76b7e7e4efbbe7418d62486
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129

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