Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-21676
net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error The fec_enet_update_cbd function calls page_pool_dev_alloc_pages but did not handle the case when it returned NULL. There was a WARN_ON(!new_page) but it would still proceed to use the NULL pointer and then crash. This case does seem somewhat rare but when the system is under memory pressure it can happen. One case where I can duplicate this with some frequency is when writing over a smbd share to a SATA HDD attached to an imx6q. Setting /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes to higher values also seems to solve the problem for my test case. But it still seems wrong that the fec driver ignores the memory allocation error and can crash. This commit handles the allocation error by dropping the current packet.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5Medium | 3.1 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 ≤ v < 8a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a23 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 ≤ v < eacdcc14f3c8d4c1447565521e792ddb3a67e08d | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 ≤ v < 1425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 95698ff6177b5f1f13f251da60e7348413046ae4 ≤ v < 001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.5 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.5 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.6 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.6 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.7 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.7 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.5 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.5 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.6 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.6 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.7 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.7 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.5 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.6 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | V3.1.7 ≤ v | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
7- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eacdcc14f3c8d4c1447565521e792ddb3a67e08d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a0097db0544b658c159ac787319737712063a23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1425cb829556398f594658512d49292f988a2ab0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/001ba0902046cb6c352494df610718c0763e77a5
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
Details
- Published
- 2025-01-31
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference