In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read Fix an out-of-bounds DPE read, limit the number of processed DPEs to the amount that fits into the fixed-size NDP16 header.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22475242ddb70e35c9148234be9a3aa9fb8efff9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5835bf66c50ac2b85ed28b282c2456c3516ef0a6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/971b8c572559e52d32a2b82f2d9e0685439a0117 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee591f2b281721171896117f9946fced31441418 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022600-CVE-2025-21741-cbfd@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21741 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21741 cve-icon
History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read Fix an out-of-bounds DPE read, limit the number of processed DPEs to the amount that fits into the fixed-size NDP16 header.
Title usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-02-27T02:12:15.715Z

Updated: 2025-10-01T19:36:41.732Z

Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.757Z

Link: CVE-2025-21741

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:55:35.905Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:14.730

Modified: 2025-10-01T20:18:22.803

Link: CVE-2025-21741

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-21741 - Bugzilla