CVE-2025-37987

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via pds_core Admin Queue Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pds_core: Prevent possible adminq overflow/stuck condition The pds_core's adminq is protected by the adminq_lock, which prevents more than 1 command to be posted onto it at any one time. This makes it so the client drivers cannot simultaneously post adminq commands. However, the completions happen in a different context, which means multiple adminq commands can be posted sequentially and all waiting on completion. On the FW side, the backing adminq request queue is only 16 entries long and the retry mechanism and/or overflow/stuck prevention is lacking. This can cause the adminq to get stuck, so commands are no longer processed and completions are no longer sent by the FW. As an initial fix, prevent more than 16 outstanding adminq commands so there's no way to cause the adminq from getting stuck. This works because the backing adminq request queue will never have more than 16 pending adminq commands, so it will never overflow. This is done by reducing the adminq depth to 16.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.93linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.26linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56 - 2982e07ad72b48eb12c29a87a3f2126ea552688c
Linux/Linux 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56 - 517f928cc0c133472618cbba18382b46f5f71ba3
Linux/Linux 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56 - 5e3dc65675faad846420d24762e4faadc12d9392
Linux/Linux 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56 - d9e2f070d8af60f2c8c02b2ddf0a9e90b4e9220c
Linux/Linux 6.12.26 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.14.5 - 6.14.*
... and 5 more
Published May 20, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026