Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22117

 

Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22117

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107804
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-2025-22117
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 input validation within the ice_vc_fdir_parse_raw() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_fdir.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Public Cloud Module
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
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 (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-22117

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.2
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-22.22
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1004.4
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
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 (Debian package) - update to 6.12.85-1

External References

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