CVE-2025-37791 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-37791

ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll() rpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct size of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte. Using the pointer size instead can cause stack corruption: Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 CPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.11.0 #24 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023 Workqueue: events module_flash_fw_work Call Trace: <TASK> panic+0x339/0x360 ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10 ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0 module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0 process_one_work+0x179/0x390 worker_thread+0x239/0x340 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xcc/0x100 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291, 6.11, 0, 6.12.25, 6.14.4, 6.15

Timeline

Official Publish: May 1st, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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