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: 6.8 [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]
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 Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Confidential Computing Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
openEuler
Netezza Appliance
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource
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-vdso-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-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
ocfs2-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-devel-azure
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-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-optional
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-devel
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-macros
kernel-64kb-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
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-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt - 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-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource - 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-vdso-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-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
cluster-md-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
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-devel-azure - 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-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
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
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
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
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
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - 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
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
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - 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_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-zfcpdump - 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-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-livepatch-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
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 - 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
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
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-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-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
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
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
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-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-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
perf - update to 6.6.102-7
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-7
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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