{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-21925","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-12-29T08:45:45.788Z","datePublished":"2025-04-01T15:40:57.355Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:09:11.284Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:09:11.284Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nllc: do not use skb_get() before dev_queue_xmit()\n\nsyzbot is able to crash hosts [1], using llc and devices\nnot supporting IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING.\n\nIn this case, e1000 driver calls eth_skb_pad(), while\nthe skb is shared.\n\nSimply replace skb_get() by skb_clone() in net/llc/llc_s_ac.c\n\nNote that e1000 driver might have an issue with pktgen,\nbecause it does not clear IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING, this is an\northogonal change.\n\nWe need to audit other skb_get() uses in net/llc.\n\n[1]\n\nkernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2178 !\nOops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16371 Comm: syz.2.2764 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00052-gac9c34d1e45a #0\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:pskb_expand_head+0x6ce/0x1240 net/core/skbuff.c:2178\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  __skb_pad+0x18a/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:2466\n  __skb_put_padto include/linux/skbuff.h:3843 [inline]\n  skb_put_padto include/linux/skbuff.h:3862 [inline]\n  eth_skb_pad include/linux/etherdevice.h:656 [inline]\n  e1000_xmit_frame+0x2d99/0x5800 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c:3128\n  __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5151 [inline]\n  netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5160 [inline]\n  xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3806 [inline]\n  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x9a/0x7b0 net/core/dev.c:3822\n  sch_direct_xmit+0x1ae/0xc30 net/sched/sch_generic.c:343\n  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4045 [inline]\n  __dev_queue_xmit+0x13d4/0x43e0 net/core/dev.c:4621\n  dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3313 [inline]\n  llc_sap_action_send_test_c+0x268/0x320 net/llc/llc_s_ac.c:144\n  llc_exec_sap_trans_actions net/llc/llc_sap.c:153 [inline]\n  llc_sap_next_state net/llc/llc_sap.c:182 [inline]\n  llc_sap_state_process+0x239/0x510 net/llc/llc_sap.c:209\n  llc_ui_sendmsg+0xd0d/0x14e0 net/llc/af_llc.c:993\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 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