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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-04-03T07:19:00.583Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T19:40:39.282Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21997 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-21997.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/130290f44bce0eead2b827302109afc3fe189ddd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205649d642a5b376724f04f3a5b3586815e43d3b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/559847f56769037e5b2e0474d3dbff985b98083d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b4be1fa43294b50b22e812715198629806678a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7670c197b0f1a8726ad5c87bc2bf001a1fc1bbd cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025040348-CVE-2025-21997-492c@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21997 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21997 cve-icon
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