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GHSA-4JF5-7PVP-XF23

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2026-01-27 21:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()

rpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct size of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte. Using the pointer size instead can cause stack corruption:

Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 CPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.11.0 #24 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023 Workqueue: events module_flash_fw_work Call Trace: panic+0x339/0x360 ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10 ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0 module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0 process_one_work+0x179/0x390 worker_thread+0x239/0x340 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xcc/0x100 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Severity

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()\n\nrpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct\nsize of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte.  Using the\npointer size instead can cause stack corruption:\n\nKernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\nCPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE      6.11.0 #24\nTainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023\nWorkqueue: events module_flash_fw_work\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n panic+0x339/0x360\n ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\n ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10\n __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10\n ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\n ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330\n ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10\n cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0\n ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0\n ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0\n module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0\n process_one_work+0x179/0x390\n worker_thread+0x239/0x340\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0xcc/0x100\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \u003c/TASK\u003e",
  "id": "GHSA-4jf5-7pvp-xf23",
  "modified": "2026-01-27T21:31:32Z",
  "published": "2025-05-01T15:31:45Z",
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CVE-2025-37791 (GCVE-0-2025-37791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-01 13:07 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:57

Title

ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll() rpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct size of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte. Using the pointer size instead can cause stack corruption: Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 CPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.11.0 #24 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023 Workqueue: events module_flash_fw_work Call Trace: <TASK> panic+0x339/0x360 ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10 ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0 module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0 process_one_work+0x179/0x390 worker_thread+0x239/0x340 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xcc/0x100 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61765e1b417a23371…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eb0a0072f966bb0b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3fdd4fba16c74697…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291 , < 61765e1b417a23371c3735e3cddf4ad9354ed2e9 (git) Affected: a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291 , < 7eb0a0072f966bb0b01d8b7d529d9743a7187bd1 (git) Affected: a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291 , < f3fdd4fba16c74697d8bc730b82fb7c1eff7fab3 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.25 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.14.4 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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