CVE-2025-21742 Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-9033556
  • published2 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-21742  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-debug-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

usbnet: ipheth: use static NDP16 location in URB

Original code allowed for the start of NDP16 to be anywhere within the URB based on the wNdpIndex value in NTH16. Only the start position of NDP16 was checked, so it was possible for even the fixed-length part of NDP16 to extend past the end of URB, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

On iOS devices, the NDP16 header always directly follows NTH16. Rely on and check for this specific format.

This, along with NCM-specific minimal URB length check that already exists, will ensure that the fixed-length part of NDP16 plus a set amount of DPEs fit within the URB.

Note that this commit alone does not fully address the OoB read. The limit on the amount of DPEs needs to be enforced separately.

CVSS Scores

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