CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37984

HighCVSS 7.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ECDSA implementation (crypto/ecdsa), the DIV_ROUND_UP() macro could cause integer overflows when ->key_size() returned an unusually large value. A new DIV_ROUND_UP_POW2() macro was introduced and applied.

Risk Assessment

Integer overflows can lead to cryptographic calculation errors, potentially weakening ECDSA signature security.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix introducing DIV_ROUND_UP_POW2() and preventing overflows.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ecdsa - Harden against integer overflows in DIV_ROUND_UP() Herbert notes that DIV_ROUND_UP() may overflow unnecessarily if an ecdsa implementation's ->key_size() callback returns an unusually large value. Herbert instead suggests (for a division by 8): X / 8 + !!(X & 7) Based on this formula, introduce a generic DIV_ROUND_UP_POW2() macro and use it in lieu of DIV_ROUND_UP() for ->key_size() return values. Additionally, use the macro in ecc_digits_from_bytes(), whose "nbytes" parameter is a ->key_size() return value in some instances, or a user-specified ASN.1 length in the case of ecdsa_get_signature_rs().

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