CVE-2025-21742

usbnet: ipheth: use static NDP16 location in URB

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Feb 27, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Dec 29, 2024

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • a2d274c62e44b1995c170595db3865c6fe701226 to before 8fb062178e1ce180e2cfdc9abc83a1b9fea381caAffected
  • a2d274c62e44b1995c170595db3865c6fe701226 to before cf1ac7f7cf601ac31d1580559c002b5e37b733b7Affected
  • a2d274c62e44b1995c170595db3865c6fe701226 to before 2b619445dcb6dab97d8ed033fb57225aca1288c4Affected
  • a2d274c62e44b1995c170595db3865c6fe701226 to before 86586dcb75cb8fd062a518aca8ee667938b91efbAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.5Affected
  • before 6.5Not affected
  • 6.6.78 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.14 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.13.3 through 6.13.*Not affected
  • 6.14 and laterNot affected

References

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