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usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read Fix an out-of-bounds DPE read, limit the number of processed DPEs to the amount that fits into the fixed-size NDP16 header.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.14, 6.13.3, 6.6.78
CVEs
CVE-2025-21741
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 17:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Feb 2025, 02:12 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: ipheth: fix DPE OoB read Fix an out-of-bounds DPE read, limit the number of processed DPEs to the amount that fits into the fixed-size NDP16 header.

osv:CVE-2025-21741

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.78, 6.12.14, 6.13.3

Complete source record
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