In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ethtool: fail closed if we can't get max channel used in indirection tables
Commit 0d1b7d6c9274 ("bnxt: fix crashes when reducing ring count with active RSS contexts") proves that allowing indirection table to contain channels with out of bounds IDs may lead to crashes. Currently the max channel check in the core gets skipped if driver can't fetch the indirection table or when we can't allocate memory.
Both of those conditions should be extremely rare but if they do happen we should try to be safe and fail the channel change.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | No solution existsUpgrade linux | May 15, 2025 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelists | Dec 12, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel | Dec 12, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kselftests-kmp-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-rockchipUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade dtb-amlogicUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-default-base-rebuildUpgrade dtb-amdUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade dtb-nvidiaUpgrade dtb-hisiliconUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade dtb-armUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade dtb-socionextUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-default-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade gfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade dtb-apmUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-mediatekUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade dtb-freescaleUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-qcomUpgrade dtb-caviumUpgrade dtb-sprdUpgrade dtb-exynosUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade dtb-renesasUpgrade dtb-alteraUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatchUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade dtb-allwinnerUpgrade dlm-kmp-64kbUpgrade dtb-appleUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-default-optionalUpgrade kselftests-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade dtb-amazonUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade kernel-64kb-optionalUpgrade dtb-xilinxUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade dtb-marvellUpgrade dtb-lgUpgrade dtb-broadcomUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-debug-vdso | Dec 5, 2025 | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8 | Dec 13, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 27, 2024 |
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