CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40337

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the stmmac driver (network MAC controller), a vulnerability was found in the incorrect handling of checksum errors in the stmmac_rx function. Even when the hardware reports a checksum error, the packet was marked as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY, which could allow corrupt packets to be passed up the network stack.

Risk Assessment

The risk is the possibility of delivering corrupt packets to applications, which could lead to transmission errors, data loss, or potential man-in-the-middle attacks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix, which checks the 'csum_none' flag and sets CHECKSUM_NONE in case of a checksum error.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors The stmmac_rx function would previously set skb->ip_summed to CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY if hardware checksum offload (CoE) was enabled and the packet was of a known IP ethertype. However, this logic failed to check if the hardware had actually reported a checksum error. The hardware status, indicating a header or payload checksum failure, was being ignored at this stage. This could cause corrupt packets to be passed up the network stack as valid. This patch corrects the logic by checking the `csum_none` status flag, which is set when the hardware reports a checksum error. If this flag is set, skb->ip_summed is now correctly set to CHECKSUM_NONE, ensuring the kernel's network stack will perform its own validation and properly handle the corrupt packet.

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