Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22053

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU107747

Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22053

Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107747
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-2025-22053
CWE-ID: CWE-667
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 improper locking within the veth_pool_store() function in drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Confidential Computing Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_258-default
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-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default
gfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-source
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco
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
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-optional
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-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
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-22053

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.12.23
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_258-default - update to 1-8.3.1
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-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource - 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-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.258.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.258.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.258.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.258.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.258.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-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
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
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
ocfs2-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-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
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-devel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-source-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
kernel-azure-devel-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
reiserfs-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
gfs2-kmp-azure - 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
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - 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
kernel-rt-vdso-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
ocfs2-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-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - 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
kselftests-kmp-rt - 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
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-optional - 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
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
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-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build - 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-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-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel - 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 - 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-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-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 - 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-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-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-102.0.0.108
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-86.87, 6.8.0-86.87.1, 6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1025.28, 6.8.0-1038.39, 6.8.0-1039.39, 6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.47+1, 6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1042.45, 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, 6.14.0-22.22, 6.14.0-1004.4, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1029.32
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1038.43, 6.8.0-1041.44, 6.8.0-1041.44.1, 6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2, 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1041.45
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2032.33
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.1-1036.37, 6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1015.16, 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1018.18, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.11.0-1024.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1007.7+1

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