CVE-2025-22091 | RDMA/mlx5: Fix page_size variable overflow

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix page_size variable overflow Change all variables storing mlx5_umem_mkc_find_best_pgsz() result to unsigned long to support values larger than 31 and avoid overflow. For example: If we try to register 4GB of memory that is contiguous in physical memory, the driver will optimize the page_size and try to use an mkey with 4GB entity size. The 'unsigned int' page_size variable will overflow to '0' and we'll hit the WARN_ON() in alloc_cacheable_mr(). WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1203 at drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c:1124 alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] Modules linked in: mlx5_ib mlx5_core bonding ip6_gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 ip_gre gre rdma_rxe rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_ipoib ib_umad rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm fuse ib_core [last unloaded: mlx5_core] CPU: 2 UID: 70878 PID: 1203 Comm: rdma_resource_l Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4-dirty #43 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 41 52 53 48 83 ec 30 f6 46 28 04 4c 8b 77 08 75 21 <0f> 0b 49 c7 c2 ea ff ff ff 48 8d 65 d0 4c 89 d0 5b 41 5a 41 5c 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc900006ffac8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000004c0d0d0 RBX: ffff888217a22000 RCX: 0000000000100001 RDX: 00007fb7ac480000 RSI: ffff8882037b1240 RDI: ffff8882046f0600 RBP: ffffc900006ffb28 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000000007e0 R11: ffffea0008011d40 R12: ffff8882037b1240 R13: ffff8882046f0600 R14: ffff888217a22000 R15: ffffc900006ffe00 FS: 00007fb7ed013340(0000) GS:ffff88885fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fb7ed1d8000 CR3: 00000001fd8f6006 CR4: 0000000000772eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x81/0x130 ? alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] ? report_bug+0xfc/0x1e0 ? handle_bug+0x55/0x90 ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] create_real_mr+0x54/0x150 [mlx5_ib] ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x17f/0x2a0 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0xca/0x140 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_run_method+0x6d0/0x780 [ib_uverbs] ? __pfx_ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x19b/0x360 [ib_uverbs] ? walk_system_ram_range+0x79/0xd0 ? ___pte_offset_map+0x1b/0x110 ? __pte_offset_map_lock+0x80/0x100 ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xac/0x110 [ib_uverbs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x94/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7fb7ecf0737b Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 79 9b 49 c7 c4 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d 4c 89 e0 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 7d 2a 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffdbe03ecc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffdbe03edb8 RCX: 00007fb7ecf0737b RDX: 00007ffdbe03eda0 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007ffdbe03ed80 R08: 00007fb7ecc84010 R09: 00007ffdbe03eed4 R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffdbe03eed4 R13: 000000000000000c R14: 000000000000000c R15: 00007fb7ecc84150 </TASK>

Published: 2025-04-16 Last update: 2025-10-31 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-22091 is rated Low Risk (23.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22091

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-25 0.07% 0.02% -0.05%
2 2026-02-10 0.02% 0.07% +0.05%
3 2025-04-17 0.02%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22091

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22091

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-22091

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-22091 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-22091
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22091
suse medium CVE-2025-22091 severity moderate: SUSE including 131 source package names (15.7.20.5.1:kernel-default-6.4.0-150700.53.3.1, cluster-md-kmp-default, …), 447 product×package rows across 96 product lines (Container suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node, Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-3P, … (96 product lines)): Known Not Affected 241, Fixed 206. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22091/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-22091 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, not-affected 157, ignored 147, released 100, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22091

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22091

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.23 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.11 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 6.14.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-22091

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