vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-21975: kernel: net/mlx5: handle errors in mlx5_chains_create_table()
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 1, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 1, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: handle errors in mlx5_chains_create_table()
In mlx5_chains_create_table(), the return value of mlx5_get_fdb_sub_ns()
and mlx5_get_flow_namespace() must be checked to prevent NULL pointer
dereferences. If either function fails, the function should log error
message with mlx5_core_warn() and return error pointer.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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