Medium severity · published Feb 27, 2025
CVE-2025-21806
net: let net.core.dev_weight always be non-zero
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: let net.core.dev_weight always be non-zero The following problem was encountered during stability test: (NULL net_device): NAPI poll function process_backlog+0x0/0x530 \ returned 1, exceeding its budget of 0. ------------[ cut here ]------------ list_add double add: new=ffff88905f746f48, prev=ffff88905f746f48, \ next=ffff88905f746e40. WARNING: CPU: 18 PID: 5462 at lib/list_debug.c:35 \ __list_add_valid_or_report+0xf3/0x130 CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 5462 Comm: ping Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7+ RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0xf3/0x130 Call Trace: ? __warn+0xcd/0x250 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0xf3/0x130 enqueue_to_backlog+0x923/0x1070 netif_rx_internal+0x92/0x2b0 __netif_rx+0x15/0x170 loopback_xmit+0x2ef/0x450 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x103/0x490 __dev_queue_xmit+0xeac/0x1950 ip_finish_output2+0x6cc/0x1620 ip_output+0x161/0x270 ip_push_pending_frames+0x155/0x1a0 raw_sendmsg+0xe13/0x1550 __sys_sendto+0x3bf/0x4e0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xdc/0x1b0 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x170 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The reproduction command is as follows: sysctl -w net.core.dev_weight=0 ping 127.0.0.1 This is because when the napi's weight is set to 0, process_backlog() may return 0 and clear the NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit of napi->state, causing this napi to be re-polled in net_rx_action() until __do_softirq() times out. Since the NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit has been cleared, napi_schedule_rps() can be retriggered in enqueue_to_backlog(), causing this issue. Making the napi's weight always non-zero solves this problem. Triggering this issue requires system-wide admin (setting is not namespaced).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.13 before 5.4.291; 5.5 before 5.10.235; 5.11 before 5.15.179; 5.16 before 6.1.129; 6.2 before 6.6.76; 6.7 before 6.12.13; +2 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before d0e0f9c8218826926d7692980c98236d9f21fd3c; e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before c337c08819a4ec49edfdcd8fc46fbee120d8a5b2; e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before 0e2f1d93d287d544d26f8ff293ea820a8079b9f8; e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before 5860abbf15eeb61838b5e32e721ba67b0aa84450; e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before 6ce38b5a6a49e65bad163162a54cb3f104c40b48; e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a before 33e2168788f8fb5cb8bd4f36cb1ef37d1d34dada; +3 more · source: vendor