Race condition in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 22.11
Priority LOW 29CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00307 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Mellanox DPDK 22.11 (NVIDIA): 22.11_2504.1.0Upstream DPDK (NVIDIA): 25.07
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | before 22.11_2504.1.0 | 22.11_2504.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | All versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | All versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 20.11 | All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | before 25.07 | 25.07 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 24.11.3 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 22.11.10 LTS | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Mellanox DPDK 22.11 VendorNVIDIA Affected before 22.11_2504.1.0 Fixed in 22.11_2504.1.0 Patch available CNA
- Mellanox DPDK 22.11 VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Mellanox DPDK 22.11 VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Mellanox DPDK 20.11 VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Upstream DPDK VendorNVIDIA Affected before 25.07 Fixed in 25.07 Patch available CNA
- Upstream DPDK VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 24.11.3 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Upstream DPDK VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Upstream DPDK VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to 22.11.10 LTS Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Mellanox DPDK 22.11 (NVIDIA) Fixed in 22.11_2504.1.0
- Fix · CNA Upstream DPDK (NVIDIA) Fixed in 25.07
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23259
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xq47-rgwp-c6c5
References
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- TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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Sources
- CVE-2025-23259 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-23259 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xq47-rgwp-c6c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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