NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 22.11 Network Interface race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 22.11, Mellanox DPDK 20.11 and Upstream DPDK. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Network Interface. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-23259. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 22.11, Mellanox DPDK 20.11 and Upstream DPDK (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Network Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23259 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265673 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-23259), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (265673). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 265673
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-23259

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 CVE reserved
09/04/2025 +232 days Advisory disclosed
09/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/21/2025 +17 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23259 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322595

Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2025 18:36
Updated: 09/21/2025 03:21
Changes: 09/04/2025 18:36 (59), 09/21/2025 03:21 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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