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CVE-2025-22091

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Apr 16, 2025 linux CWE-190 EPSS 0.19% (9th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2025-22091 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 16, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix page_size variable overflow

Change all variables storing mlx5_umem_mkc_find_best_pgsz() result to

unsigned long to support values larger than 31 and avoid overflow.

For example: If we try to register 4GB of memory that is contiguous in

physical memory, the driver will optimize the page_size and try to use

an mkey with 4GB entity size. The 'unsigned int' page_size variable will

overflow to '0' and we'll hit the WARN_ON() in alloc_cacheable_mr().

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1203 at drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c:1124 alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib]

Modules linked in: mlx5_ib mlx5_core bonding ip6_gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 ip_gre gre rdma_rxe rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_ipoib ib_umad rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm fuse ib_core [last unloaded: mlx5_core]

CPU: 2 UID: 70878 PID: 1203 Comm: rdma_resource_l Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4-dirty #43

Tainted: [W]=WARN

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Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.23 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-22091?

CVE-2025-22091 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 16, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-22091?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-22091?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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