What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21890?

CVE-2025-21890 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Linux are affected by CVE-2025-21890?

CVE-2025-21890 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-21890?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Vendor patch is available.

Linux CVE-2025-21890

MEDIUM

2025-03-27 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Information Disclosure Linux Intel

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Red Hat

2.3 LOW

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:33 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:33 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Mar 27, 2025 - 15:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix checksums set in idpf_rx_rsc()

idpf_rx_rsc() uses skb_transport_offset(skb) while the transport header is not set yet.

This triggers the following warning for CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y builds.

DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))

[ 69.261620] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 0 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3020 idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261629] Modules linked in: vfat fat dummy bridge intel_uncore_frequency_tpmi intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_vsec_tpmi idpf intel_vsec cdc_ncm cdc_eem cdc_ether usbnet mii xhci_pci xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd libeth [ 69.261644] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Tainted: G S W 6.14.0-smp-DEV #1697 [ 69.261648] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN [ 69.261650] RIP: 0010:idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261677] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:242 kernel/panic.c:748) [ 69.261682] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261687] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:?) [ 69.261690] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:285) [ 69.261694] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:309) [ 69.261697] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621) [ 69.261700] ? __pfx_idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:4011) idpf [ 69.261704] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261708] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:3072) idpf [ 69.261712] __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7194) [ 69.261716] net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7265) [ 69.261718] ? __qdisc_run (net/sched/sch_generic.c:293) [ 69.261721] ? sched_clock (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:84 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:288) [ 69.261726] handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:561)

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix checksums set in idpf_rx_rsc() idpf_rx_rsc() uses skb_transport_offset(skb) while the transport header is not set yet. This triggers the following warning for CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y builds. DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) [ 69.261620] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 0 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3020 idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261629] Modules linked in: vfat fat dummy bridge intel_uncore_frequency_tpmi intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_vsec_tpmi idpf intel_vsec cdc_ncm cdc_eem cdc_ether usbnet mii xhci_pci xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd libeth [ 69.261644] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Tainted: G S W 6.14.0-smp-DEV #1697 [ 69.261648] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN [ 69.261650] RIP: 0010:idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261677] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:242 kernel/panic.c:748) [ 69.261682] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261687] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:?) [ 69.261690] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:285) [ 69.261694] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:309) [ 69.261697] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621) [ 69.261700] ? __pfx_idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:4011) idpf [ 69.261704] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (include/linux/skbuff.h:3020) idpf [ 69.261708] ? idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll (drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:3072) idpf [ 69.261712] __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7194) [ 69.261716] net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7265) [ 69.261718] ? __qdisc_run (net/sched/sch_generic.c:293) [ 69.261721] ? sched_clock (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:84 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:288) [ 69.261726] handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:561) Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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