CVE-2025-37833 | net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads Fix niu_try_msix() to not cause a fatal trap on sparc systems. Set PCI_DEV_FLAGS_MSIX_TOUCH_ENTRY_DATA_FIRST on the struct pci_dev to work around a bug in the hardware or firmware. For each vector entry in the msix table, niu chips will cause a fatal trap if any registers in that entry are read before that entries' ENTRY_DATA register is written to. Testing indicates writes to other registers are not sufficient to prevent the fatal trap, however the value does not appear to matter. This only needs to happen once after power up, so simply rebooting into a kernel lacking this fix will NOT cause the trap. NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: Reporting on cpu 64 NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: TPC [0x00000000005f6900] <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: RAW [4010000000000016:00000e37f93e32ff:0000000202000080:ffffffffffffffff NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: 0000000800000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000:0000000000000000] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: handle [0x4010000000000016] stick [0x00000e37f93e32ff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: type [precise nonresumable] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: attrs [0x02000080] < ASI sp-faulted priv > NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: raddr [0xffffffffffffffff] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: insn effective address [0x000000c50020000c] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: size [0x8] NON-RESUMABLE ERROR: asi [0x00] CPU: 64 UID: 0 PID: 745 Comm: kworker/64:1 Not tainted 6.11.5 #63 Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn TSTATE: 0000000011001602 TPC: 00000000005f6900 TNPC: 00000000005f6904 Y: 00000000 Not tainted TPC: <msix_prepare_msi_desc+0x90/0xa0> g0: 00000000000002e9 g1: 000000000000000c g2: 000000c50020000c g3: 0000000000000100 g4: ffff8000470307c0 g5: ffff800fec5be000 g6: ffff800047a08000 g7: 0000000000000000 o0: ffff800014feb000 o1: ffff800047a0b620 o2: 0000000000000011 o3: ffff800047a0b620 o4: 0000000000000080 o5: 0000000000000011 sp: ffff800047a0ad51 ret_pc: 00000000005f7128 RPC: <__pci_enable_msix_range+0x3cc/0x460> l0: 000000000000000d l1: 000000000000c01f l2: ffff800014feb0a8 l3: 0000000000000020 l4: 000000000000c000 l5: 0000000000000001 l6: 0000000020000000 l7: ffff800047a0b734 i0: ffff800014feb000 i1: ffff800047a0b730 i2: 0000000000000001 i3: 000000000000000d i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000000000 i6: ffff800047a0ae81 i7: 00000000101888b0 I7: <niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu]> Call Trace: [<00000000101888b0>] niu_try_msix.constprop.0+0xc0/0x130 [niu] [<000000001018f840>] niu_get_invariants+0x183c/0x207c [niu] [<00000000101902fc>] niu_pci_init_one+0x27c/0x2fc [niu] [<00000000005ef3e4>] local_pci_probe+0x28/0x74 [<0000000000469240>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x8/0x1c [<000000000046b008>] process_scheduled_works+0x144/0x210 [<000000000046b518>] worker_thread+0x13c/0x1c0 [<00000000004710e0>] kthread+0xb8/0xc8 [<00000000004060c8>] ret_from_fork+0x1c/0x2c [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Non-resumable error.

Published: 2025-05-08 Last update: 2025-11-14 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-37833 is rated Low Risk (22.9/100): 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-2025-37833

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 2025-05-08 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-37833

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-2025-37833

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-37833

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-37833 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-37833
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37833
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37833/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-37833 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, ignored 165, needed 103, released 102, not-affected 34, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37833

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-37833

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 4.4.282, < 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.9.281, < 4.10 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.14.245, < 4.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.19.205, < 4.20 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4.142, < 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.10.60, < 5.11 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.13.12, < 5.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.14.1, < 6.12.26 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.14.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 5.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 5.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 5.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-37833

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