Linux Kernel up to e6454fd429b0ba6513ac1de27a0bd6ccac021a40 niu_try_msix denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel. Affected by this issue is the function niu_try_msix. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-37833. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function niu_try_msix. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads Fix niu_try_msix() to not cause a fatal trap on sparc systems. Set PCI_DEV_FLAGS_MSIX_TOUCH_ENTRY_DATA_FIRST on the struct pci_dev to work around a bug in the hardware or firmware. For each vector entry in the msix table, niu chips will cause a fatal trap if any registers in that entry are read before that entries' ENTRY_DATA register is written to. Testing indicates writes to other registers are not sufficient to prevent the fatal trap, however the value does not appear to matter. This only needs to happen once after power up, so simply rebooting into a kernel lacking this fix will NOT cause the trap. NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: Reporting on cpu 64 NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: TPC [0x00000000005f6900] <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: RAW [4010000000000016:00000e37f93e32ff:0000000202000080:ffffffffffffffff NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: 0000000800000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: handle [0x4010000000000016] stick [0x00000e37f93e32ff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: type [precise nonresumable] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: attrs [0x02000080] < ASI sp-faulted priv > NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: raddr [0xffffffffffffffff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: insn effective address [0x000000c50020000c] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: size [0x8] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: asi [0x00] CPU: 64 UID: 0 PID: 745 Comm: kworker/64:1 Not tainted 6.11.5 #63 Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn TSTATE: 0000000011001602 TPC: 00000000005f6900 TNPC: 00000000005f6904 Y: 00000000 Not tainted TPC: <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> g0: 00000000000002e9 g1: 000000000000000c g2: 000000c50020000c g3: 0000000000000100 g4: ffff8000470307c0 g5: ffff800fec5be000 g6: ffff800047a08000 g7: 0000000000000000 o0: ffff800014feb000 o1: ffff800047a0b620 o2: 0000000000000011 o3: ffff800047a0b620 o4: 0000000000000080 o5: 0000000000000011 sp: ffff800047a0ad51 ret_pc: 00000000005f7128 RPC: <__pci_enable_msix_range+0x3cc/0x460> l0: 000000000000000d l1: 000000000000c01f l2: ffff800014feb0a8 l3: 0000000000000020 l4: 000000000000c000 l5: 0000000000000001 l6: 0000000020000000 l7: ffff800047a0b734 i0: ffff800014feb000 i1: ffff800047a0b730 i2: 0000000000000001 i3: 000000000000000d i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000000000 i6: ffff800047a0ae81 i7: 00000000101888b0 I7: <niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu]> Call Trace: [<00000000101888b0>] niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu] [<000000001018f840>] niu_get_invariants+0x183c/0x207c [niu] [<00000000101902fc>] niu_pci_init_one+0x27c/0x2fc [niu] [<00000000005ef3e4>] local_pci_probe+0x28/0x74 [<0000000000469240>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x8/0x1c [<000000000046b008>] process_scheduled_works+0x144/0x210 [<000000000046b518>] worker_thread+0x13c/0x1c0 [<00000000004710e0>] kthread+0xb8/0xc8 [<00000000004060c8>] ret_from_fork+0x1c/0x2c [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Non-resumable error.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-37833 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240824 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.26, 6.14.5 or 6.15-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c187aaa9e79b4b6d86ac7ba941e579ad33df5538/64903e4849a71cf7f7c7e5d45225ccefc1280929/fbb429ddff5c8e479edcc7dde5a542c9295944e6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240824) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0975). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 3b570884c868c12e3184627ce4b4a167e9d6f018
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1
• 6.14.2
• 6.14.3
• 6.14.4
• 6.15-rc1
• 6.15-rc2
• 6c971252f09040af40d20851cf4e14018e6710d9
• 1866c8f6d43c3c6ffa2bfe086b65392b3a3fafb1
• 3590d16b47ac561a4f2504befe43def10ed1814c
• aa8092c1d1f142f797995d0448afb73a5148f4ae
• e1d5e8a561baaafed6e35d72a6ad53d248580d6c
• e6454fd429b0ba6513ac1de27a0bd6ccac021a40

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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