CVE-2025-21972

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: unshare packets when reassembling Ensure that the frag_list used for reassembly isn't shared with other packets. This avoids incorrect reassembly when packets are cloned, and prevents a memory leak due to circular references between fragments and their skb_shared_info. The upcoming MCTP-over-USB driver uses skb_clone which can trigger the problem - other MCTP drivers don't share SKBs. A kunit test is added to reproduce the issue.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d83cf0eeb90fade4d5c4d17d24b8bee9ceeecc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f44fff3d3c6cd67b6f348b821d73c4d6888c7a6e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c47d5bfa7b096cf8890afac32141c578583f8e0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-01

Updated: 2025-04-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017