HighFix available
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
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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