CVE-2025-37984

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Integer Overflow in ECDSA Key Size Calculation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel < 6.6.99linux
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.14.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.39linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 55779f26eab9af12474a447001bd17070f055712 - f02f0218be412cff1c844addf58e002071be298b
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.12.39 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.14.5 - 6.14.*
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.6.70 - 6.6.99
... and 5 more
Published May 20, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026