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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2025· Updated May 4, 2025

net: mctp: unshare packets when reassembling

CVE-2025-21972

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mctp: unshare packets when reassembling

Ensure that the frag_list used for reassembly isn't shared with other packets. This avoids incorrect reassembly when packets are cloned, and prevents a memory leak due to circular references between fragments and their skb_shared_info.

The upcoming MCTP-over-USB driver uses skb_clone which can trigger the problem - other MCTP drivers don't share SKBs.

A kunit test is added to reproduce the issue.

Affected products

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Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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