CVE-2025-68770

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via XDP_TX Path in bnxt_en Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix XDP_TX path For XDP_TX action in bnxt_rx_xdp(), clearing of the event flags is not correct. __bnxt_poll_work() -> bnxt_rx_pkt() -> bnxt_rx_xdp() may be looping within NAPI and some event flags may be set in earlier iterations. In particular, if BNXT_TX_EVENT is set earlier indicating some XDP_TX packets are ready and pending, it will be cleared if it is XDP_TX action again. Normally, we will set BNXT_TX_EVENT again when we successfully call __bnxt_xmit_xdp(). But if the TX ring has no more room, the flag will not be set. This will cause the TX producer to be ahead but the driver will not hit the TX doorbell. For multi-buf XDP_TX, there is no need to clear the event flags and set BNXT_AGG_EVENT. The BNXT_AGG_EVENT flag should have been set earlier in bnxt_rx_pkt(). The visible symptom of this is that the RX ring associated with the TX XDP ring will eventually become empty and all packets will be dropped. Because this condition will cause the driver to not refill the RX ring seeing that the TX ring has forever pending XDP_TX packets. The fix is to only clear BNXT_RX_EVENT when we have successfully called __bnxt_xmit_xdp().

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.7%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.12.64linux
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.12.64 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.3 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 7f0a168b0441ef7fd6b46563efb2706c58ac2a4c - 0373d5c387f24de749cc22e694a14b3a7c7eb515
Linux/Linux 7f0a168b0441ef7fd6b46563efb2706c58ac2a4c - 4b83902a1e67ff327ab5c6c65021a03e72c081d6
Linux/Linux 7f0a168b0441ef7fd6b46563efb2706c58ac2a4c - f17e0c1208485b24d61271bc1ddc8f2087e71561
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026