CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68799

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the caif module has an integer underflow vulnerability in the cffrml_receive() function. When FCS is disabled, the function subtracts 2 from the packet length without checking if the length is at least 2, leading to underflow.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can send a malicious packet with a length field of 0 or 1, causing an underflow that may lead to memory exhaustion, kernel instability, and potential disclosure of uninitialized kernel memory.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version that includes a fix validating that the packet length is at least 2 before subtraction.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: caif: fix integer underflow in cffrml_receive() The cffrml_receive() function extracts a length field from the packet header and, when FCS is disabled, subtracts 2 from this length without validating that len >= 2. If an attacker sends a malicious packet with a length field of 0 or 1 to an interface with FCS disabled, the subtraction causes an integer underflow. This can lead to memory exhaustion and kernel instability, potential information disclosure if padding contains uninitialized kernel memory. Fix this by validating that len >= 2 before performing the subtraction.

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