CVE-2025-37833

net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2025 at 06:26 AM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads Fix niu_try_msix() to not cause a fatal trap on sparc systems. Set PCI_DEV_FLAGS_MSIX_TOUCH_ENTRY_DATA_FIRST on the struct pci_dev to work around a bug in the hardware or firmware. For each vector entry in the msix table, niu chips will cause a fatal trap if any registers in that entry are read before that entries' ENTRY_DATA register is written to. Testing indicates writes to other registers are not sufficient to prevent the fatal trap, however the value does not appear to matter. This only needs to happen once after power up, so simply rebooting into a kernel lacking this fix will NOT cause the trap. NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: Reporting on cpu 64 NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: TPC [0x00000000005f6900] <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: RAW [4010000000000016:00000e37f93e32ff:0000000202000080:ffffffffffffffff NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: 0000000800000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: handle [0x4010000000000016] stick [0x00000e37f93e32ff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: type [precise nonresumable] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: attrs [0x02000080] < ASI sp-faulted priv > NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: raddr [0xffffffffffffffff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: insn effective address [0x000000c50020000c] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: size [0x8] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: asi [0x00] CPU: 64 UID: 0 PID: 745 Comm: kworker/64:1 Not tainted 6.11.5 #63 Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn TSTATE: 0000000011001602 TPC: 00000000005f6900 TNPC: 00000000005f6904 Y: 00000000 Not tainted TPC: <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> g0: 00000000000002e9 g1: 000000000000000c g2: 000000c50020000c g3: 0000000000000100 g4: ffff8000470307c0 g5: ffff800fec5be000 g6: ffff800047a08000 g7: 0000000000000000 o0: ffff800014feb000 o1: ffff800047a0b620 o2: 0000000000000011 o3: ffff800047a0b620 o4: 0000000000000080 o5: 0000000000000011 sp: ffff800047a0ad51 ret_pc: 00000000005f7128 RPC: <__pci_enable_msix_range+0x3cc/0x460> l0: 000000000000000d l1: 000000000000c01f l2: ffff800014feb0a8 l3: 0000000000000020 l4: 000000000000c000 l5: 0000000000000001 l6: 0000000020000000 l7: ffff800047a0b734 i0: ffff800014feb000 i1: ffff800047a0b730 i2: 0000000000000001 i3: 000000000000000d i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000000000 i6: ffff800047a0ae81 i7: 00000000101888b0 I7: <niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu]> Call Trace: [<00000000101888b0>] niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu] [<000000001018f840>] niu_get_invariants+0x183c/0x207c [niu] [<00000000101902fc>] niu_pci_init_one+0x27c/0x2fc [niu] [<00000000005ef3e4>] local_pci_probe+0x28/0x74 [<0000000000469240>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x8/0x1c [<000000000046b008>] process_scheduled_works+0x144/0x210 [<000000000046b518>] worker_thread+0x13c/0x1c0 [<00000000004710e0>] kthread+0xb8/0xc8 [<00000000004060c8>] ret_from_fork+0x1c/0x2c [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Non-resumable error.

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.245v ≥ 4.19.205v ≥ 4.4.282v ≥ 4.9.281v ≥ 5.10.60v ≥ 5.13.12v ≥ 5.4.1424.14.245 ≤ v < 4.154.19.205 ≤ v < 4.204.4.282 ≤ v < 4.54.9.281 ≤ v < 4.105.10.60 ≤ v < 5.115.13.12 ≤ v < 5.145.14 ≤ v < 6.1.1885.14 ≤ v < 6.12.265.14 ≤ v < 6.14.55.14 ≤ v < 6.155.14 ≤ v < 6.6.1575.14.1 ≤ v < 6.12.265.4.142 ≤ v < 5.56.13 ≤ v < 6.14.51866c8f6d43c3c6ffa2bfe086b65392b3a3fafb13590d16b47ac561a4f2504befe43def10ed1814c3b570884c868c12e3184627ce4b4a167e9d6f0184.14.2454.19.2054.4.2824.9.2815.10.605.13.125.145.14 rc65.14 rc75.4.1426.15 rc16.15 rc26c971252f09040af40d20851cf4e14018e6710d97d5ec3d3612396dc6d4b76366d20ab9fc06f399faa8092c1d1f142f797995d0448afb73a5148f4aee1d5e8a561baaafed6e35d72a6ad53d248580d6ce6454fd429b0ba6513ac1de27a0bd6ccac021a40
Vendor states this is fixed in 0afd48b173bebd6d94769ba2c91bd7404b9eb3c9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52a266008a9450e4222994666b4510c026fbb03c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 64903e4849a71cf7f7c7e5d45225ccefc1280929 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c187aaa9e79b4b6d86ac7ba941e579ad33df5538 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fbb429ddff5c8e479edcc7dde5a542c9295944e6 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.26 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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