CVE-2025-21800: vulnerability in Linux
net/mlx5: HWS, fix definer's HWS_SET32 macro for negative offset
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: HWS, fix definer's HWS_SET32 macro for negative offset
When bit offset for HWS_SET32 macro is negative,
UBSAN complains about the shift-out-of-bounds:
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/definer.c:177:2
shift exponent -8 is negative
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