Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-21961

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU106850

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-21961

Published: April 2, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106850
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21961
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the bnxt_xdp_build_skb() function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c, within the bnxt_rx_pkt() function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Confidential Computing Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Netezza Appliance
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-optional
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-source
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel-default-base
perf-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
python3-perf
kernel-debugsource
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package)
kernel (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-21961

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.13.8
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.1.0 fp278500
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-source-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-devel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-syms-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-102.0.0.94, 6.6.0-102.0.0.105, 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-84.84, 6.8.0-84.84.1, 6.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1023.25, 6.8.0-1036.40, 6.8.0-1039.41, 6.8.0-1040.42, 6.11.0-28.28, 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1011.11, 6.11.0-1014.14, 6.11.0-1015.16, 6.11.0-1016.16, 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.18
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-84.84~22.04.1, 6.8.0-85.85~22.04.1
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1025.27
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1038.44, 6.11.0-1018.18, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1037.37, 6.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1037.38
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1039.42, 6.8.0-1039.42.1, 6.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1039.43
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2031.32
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1034.35
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1034.35~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1015.16, 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.11.0-1024.24
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-55.19.1.el10_0

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