CVE-2025-37955 (GCVE-0-2025-37955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-20 16:01 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:18
VLAI
Title
virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() The selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals that there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(): unreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048): comm "xdp_helper", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 0): __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570 virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882) xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226) xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0 __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230 __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568 , < 94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5 (git)
Affected: e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568 , < ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9 (git)
Affected: e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568 , < 4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae (git)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Linux Linux Affected: 6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.29 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14.7 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/virtio_net.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/virtio_net.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "6.11"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "6.11",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.12.29",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.14.7",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.15",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.29",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.14.7",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.15",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.11",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()\n\nThe selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals\nthat there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"xdp_helper\", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace (crc 0):\n    __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570\n    virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882)\n    xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226)\n    xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0\n    __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230\n    __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0\n    do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0\n    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f"
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:18:20.158Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae"
        }
      ],
      "title": "virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-37955",
    "datePublished": "2025-05-20T16:01:49.209Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.973Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:18:20.158Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-37955",
      "date": "2026-09-27",
      "epss": "0.00178",
      "percentile": "0.0661"
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "affected": [
          {
            "affectedData": [
              {
                "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                "product": "Linux",
                "programFiles": [
                  "drivers/net/virtio_net.c"
                ],
                "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                "vendor": "Linux",
                "versions": [
                  {
                    "lessThan": "94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5",
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
                    "versionType": "git"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThan": "ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9",
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
                    "versionType": "git"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThan": "4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae",
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "e9f3962441c0a4d6f16c656e6c8aa02a3ccdd568",
                    "versionType": "git"
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "defaultStatus": "affected",
                "product": "Linux",
                "programFiles": [
                  "drivers/net/virtio_net.c"
                ],
                "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                "vendor": "Linux",
                "versions": [
                  {
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "6.11"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThan": "6.11",
                    "status": "unaffected",
                    "version": "0",
                    "versionType": "semver"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                    "status": "unaffected",
                    "version": "6.12.29",
                    "versionType": "semver"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*",
                    "status": "unaffected",
                    "version": "6.14.7",
                    "versionType": "semver"
                  },
                  {
                    "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                    "status": "unaffected",
                    "version": "6.15",
                    "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
          }
        ],
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "5E3B7048-967C-414A-B087-A7C6401D4BC0",
                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.29",
                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.11",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "5715A6F5-A34A-4B27-8A64-82825E963995",
                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.14.7",
                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.13",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "8D465631-2980-487A-8E65-40AE2B9F8ED1",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "4C9D071F-B28E-46EC-AC61-22B913390211",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "13FC0DDE-E513-465E-9E81-515702D49B74",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "8C7B5B0E-4EEB-48F5-B4CF-0935A7633845",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "2D240580-3048-49B2-9E27-F115A9DF8224",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()\n\nThe selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals\nthat there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"xdp_helper\", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace (crc 0):\n    __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570\n    virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882)\n    xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226)\n    xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0\n    __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230\n    __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0\n    do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0\n    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f"
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: virtio-net: xsk_buffs libres en caso de error en virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() Las autopruebas a\u00f1adidas a nuestra CI por Bui Quang Minh revelan recientemente que hay una fuga de memoria en la ruta de error de virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(): objeto sin referencia 0xffff88800a68a000 (tama\u00f1o 2048): comm \"xdp_helper\", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778 volcado hexadecimal (primeros 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ seguimiento inverso (crc 0): __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570 virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882) xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226) xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0 __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230 __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f"
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2025-37955",
        "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:15:46.190",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV31": [
            {
              "cvssData": {
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "LOCAL",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 5.5,
                "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
                "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
              "impactScore": 3.6,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary"
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2025-05-20T16:15:33.710",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "tags": [
              "Patch"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae"
          },
          {
            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "tags": [
              "Patch"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5"
          },
          {
            "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "tags": [
              "Patch"
            ],
            "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-401"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-30T00:10:19+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2025-37955",
      "id": "CVE-2025-37955",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-05-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "118",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "156",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: Linux kernel virtio-net: Memory leak in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() error path",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-37955.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-19T02:09:26Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2025-37955",
      "id": "CVE-2025-37955",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-05-21T00:46:24Z",
      "product_status:first_fixed": "2",
      "product_status:known_affected": "67",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "438",
      "product_status:recommended": "176",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2025-37955",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2025-37955.json",
      "version": "20"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.