CVE-2025-37873 (GCVE-0-2025-37873)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-09 06:44
Modified
2026-08-05 11:57
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: bnxt: fix missing ring index trim on error path Commit under Fixes converted tx_prod to be free running but missed masking it on the Tx error path. This crashes on error conditions, for example when DMA mapping fails.
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Linux Linux Version: 6d1add95536bafe585c500ad8114af7ed4225a0f
Version: 6d1add95536bafe585c500ad8114af7ed4225a0f
Version: 6d1add95536bafe585c500ad8114af7ed4225a0f
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