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TI-2025-25870 Aliases CVE-2025-38532GHSA-4c9q-7835-998j

net: libwx: properly reset Rx ring descriptor

Priority LOW 33CWE-909Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: properly reset Rx ring descriptor When device reset is triggered by feature changes such as toggling Rx VLAN offload, wx->do_reset() is called to reinitialize Rx rings. The hardware descriptor ring may retain stale values from previous sessions. And only set the length to 0 in rx_desc[0] would result in building malformed SKBs. Fix it to ensure a clean slate after device reset. [ 549.186435] [ C16] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 549.186457] [ C16] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2814! [ 549.186468] [ C16] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 549.186472] [ C16] CPU: 16 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/16 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4+ #23 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 549.186476] [ C16] Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E16/X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI (MS-7E16), BIOS 1.90 12/31/2024 [ 549.186478] [ C16] RIP: 0010:__pskb_pull_tail+0x3ff/0x510 [ 549.186484] [ C16] Code: 06 f0 ff 4f 34 74 7b 4d 8b 8c 24 c8 00 00 00 45 8b 84 24 c0 00 00 00 e9 c8 fd ff ff 48 c7 44 24 08 00 00 00 00 e9 5e fe ff ff <0f> 0b 31 c0 e9 23 90 5b ff 41 f7 c6 ff 0f 00 00 75 bf 49 8b 06 a8 [ 549.186487] [ C16] RSP: 0018:ffffb391c0640d70 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 549.186490] [ C16] RAX: 00000000fffffff2 RBX: ffff8fe7e4d40200 RCX: 00000000fffffff2 [ 549.186492] [ C16] RDX: ffff8fe7c3a4bf8e RSI: 0000000000000180 RDI: ffff8fe7c3a4bf40 [ 549.186494] [ C16] RBP: ffffb391c0640da8 R08: ffff8fe7c3a4c0c0 R09: 000000000000000e [ 549.186496] [ C16] R10: ffffb391c0640d88 R11: 000000000000000e R12: ffff8fe7e4d40200 [ 549.186497] [ C16] R13: 00000000fffffff2 R14: ffff8fe7fa01a000 R15: 00000000fffffff2 [ 549.186499] [ C16] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fef5ae40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 549.186502] [ C16] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 549.186503] [ C16] CR2: 00007f77d81d6000 CR3: 000000051a032000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 [ 549.186505] [ C16] PKRU: 55555554 [ 549.186507] [ C16] Call Trace: [ 549.186510] [ C16] <IRQ> [ 549.186513] [ C16] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 549.186517] [ C16] __skb_pad+0xc7/0xf0 [ 549.186523] [ C16] wx_clean_rx_irq+0x355/0x3b0 [libwx] [ 549.186533] [ C16] wx_poll+0x92/0x120 [libwx] [ 549.186540] [ C16] __napi_poll+0x28/0x190 [ 549.186544] [ C16] net_rx_action+0x301/0x3f0 [ 549.186548] [ C16] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 549.186551] [ C16] ? __raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1e/0x50 [ 549.186554] [ C16] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 549.186557] [ C16] ? wake_up_nohz_cpu+0x35/0x160 [ 549.186559] [ C16] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 549.186563] [ C16] handle_softirqs+0xf9/0x2c0 [ 549.186568] [ C16] __irq_exit_rcu+0xc7/0x130 [ 549.186572] [ C16] common_interrupt+0xb8/0xd0 [ 549.186576] [ C16] </IRQ> [ 549.186577] [ C16] <TASK> [ 549.186579] [ C16] asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 [ 549.186582] [ C16] RIP: 0010:cpuidle_enter_state+0xc2/0x420 [ 549.186585] [ C16] Code: 00 00 e8 11 0e 5e ff e8 ac f0 ff ff 49 89 c5 0f 1f 44 00 00 31 ff e8 0d ed 5c ff 45 84 ff 0f 85 40 02 00 00 fb 0f 1f 44 00 00 <45> 85 f6 0f 88 84 01 00 00 49 63 d6 48 8d 04 52 48 8d 04 82 49 8d [ 549.186587] [ C16] RSP: 0018:ffffb391c0277e78 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 549.186590] [ C16] RAX: ffff8fef5ae40000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 549.186591] [ C16] RDX: 0000007fde0faac5 RSI: ffffffff826e53f6 RDI: ffffffff826fa9b3 [ 549.186593] [ C16] RBP: ffff8fe7c3a20800 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 549.186595] [ C16] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000000ffff R12: ffffffff82ed7a40 [ 549.186596] [ C16] R13: 0000007fde0faac5 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 549.186601] [ C16] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xb3/0x420 [ 549.186605] [ C16] cpuidle_en ---truncated---

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00174 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8 +1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.3 and later6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.3 and later Fixed in 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 to before 6.6.100; 6.7 to before 6.12.40; 6.13 to before 6.15.8VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*6.16 rc6VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 to before 6.6.100; 6.7 to before 6.12.40; 6.13 to before 6.15.8 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-38532
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4c9q-7835-998j

References

Patch 4

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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