Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22118

Vulnerability identifier: #VU107687

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-2025-22118

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the ice_vc_cfg_q_quanta() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Public Cloud Module
Ubuntu
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.2
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-22.22, 6.14.0-1004.4, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1007.7+1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4161cf3f4c11006507f4e02bedc048a215a4b81a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f7d3f7331b92cb820da23e8c45133305da1e63
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.2

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel intel ice driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws