UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38246: High severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability

Q: Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed as affected?

The listed packages are linux-azure-fde, linux-riscv, linux-realtime, linux-hwe-edge, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke, and linux-gkeop.

Q: What access does the severity vector indicate an attacker needs?

The vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. It also includes AT:P, meaning an additional attack prerequisite is present, but the provided data does not define that prerequisite.

Q: What is the indicated security impact?

The severity vector indicates high availability impact, with no indicated impact to confidentiality or integrity. The reported failure is a kernel BUG caused by list corruption.

Q: How might an affected system present when the issue is triggered?

The provided crash report shows a "list_add corruption" message followed by a kernel BUG in lib/list_debug.c and an invalid-opcode Oops. Systems using the relevant XDP redirect path may exhibit a kernel crash with similar diagnostics.

Published Jul 9, 2025

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: properly flush XDP redirect lists We encountered following crash when testing a XDPREDIRECT feature in production: [56251.579676] listadd corruption. next->prev should be prev (ffff93120dd40f30), but was ffffb301ef3a6740. (next=ffff93120dd 40f30). [56251.601413] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [56251.611357] kernel BUG at lib/listdebug.c:29! [56251.621082] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [56251.632073] CPU: 111 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/111 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P O 6.12.33-cloudflare-2025.6. 3 #1 [56251.653155] Tainted: [P]=PROPRIETARYMODULE, [O]=OOTMODULE [56251.663877] Hardware name: MiTAC GC68B-B8032-G11P6-GPU/S8032GM-HE-CFR, BIOS V7.020.B10-sig 01/22/2025 [56251.682626] RIP: 0010:listaddvalidorreport+0x4b/0xa0 [56251.693203] Code: 0e 48 c7 c7 68 e7 d9 97 e8 42 16 fe ff 0f 0b 48 8b 52 08 48 39 c2 74 14 48 89 f1 48 c7 c7 90 e7 d9 97 48 89 c6 e8 25 16 fe ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 02 49 39 f0 74 14 48 89 d1 48 c7 c7 e8 e7 d9 97 4c 89 [56251.725811] RSP: 0018:ffff93120dd40b80 EFLAGS: 00010246 [56251.736094] RAX: 0000000000000075 RBX: ffffb301e6bba9d8 RCX: 0000000000000000 [56251.748260] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9149afda0b80 RDI: ffff9149afda0b80 [56251.760349] RBP: ffff9131e49c8000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff93120dd40a18 [56251.772382] R10: ffff9159cf2ce1a8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff911a80850000 [56251.784364] R13: ffff93120fbc7000 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: ffff9139e7510e40 [56251.796278] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9149afd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [56251.809133] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [56251.819561] CR2: 00007f5e85e6f300 CR3: 00000038b85e2006 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [56251.831365] PKRU: 55555554 [56251.838653] Call Trace: [56251.845560] <IRQ> [56251.851943] cpumapenqueue.cold+0x5/0xa [56251.860243] xdpdoredirect+0x2d9/0x480 [56251.868388] bnxtrxxdp+0x1d8/0x4c0 [bnxten] [56251.877028] bnxtrxpkt+0x5f7/0x19b0 [bnxten] [56251.885665] ? cpumaxwrite+0x1e/0x100 [56251.893510] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.902276] bnxtpollwork+0x190/0x340 [bnxten] [56251.911058] bnxtpoll+0xab/0x1b0 [bnxten] [56251.919041] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.927568] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.935958] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.944250] napipoll+0x2b/0x160 [56251.951155] bpftrampoline6442548651+0x79/0x123 [56251.959262] napipoll+0x5/0x160 [56251.966037] netrxaction+0x3d2/0x880 [56251.973133] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.981265] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56251.989262] ? hrtimerrunqueues+0x162/0x2a0 [56251.996967] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56252.004875] ? srsoaliasreturnthunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [56252.012673] ? bnxtmsix+0x62/0x70 [bnxten] [56252.019903] handlesoftirqs+0xcf/0x270 [56252.026650] irqexitrcu+0x67/0x90 [56252.032933] commoninterrupt+0x85/0xa0 [56252.039498] </IRQ> [56252.044246] <TASK> [56252.048935] asmcommoninterrupt+0x26/0x40 [56252.055727] RIP: 0010:cpuidleenterstate+0xb8/0x420 [56252.063305] Code: dc 01 00 00 e8 f9 79 3b ff e8 64 f7 ff ff 49 89 c5 0f 1f 44 00 00 31 ff e8 a5 32 3a ff 45 84 ff 0f 85 ae 01 00 00 fb 45 85 f6 <0f> 88 88 01 00 00 48 8b 04 24 49 63 ce 4c 89 ea 48 6b f1 68 48 29 [56252.088911] RSP: 0018:ffff93120c97fe98 EFLAGS: 00000202 [56252.096912] RAX: ffff9149afd80000 RBX: ffff9141d3a72800 RCX: 0000000000000000 [56252.106844] RDX: 00003329176c6b98 RSI: ffffffe36db3fdc7 RDI: 0000000000000000 [56252.116733] RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 000000000000004e [56252.126652] R10: ffff9149afdb30c4 R11: 071c71c71c71c71c R12: ffffffff985ff860 [56252.136637] R13: 00003329176c6b98 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000000000 [56252.146667] ? cpuidleenterstate+0xab/0x420 [56252.153909] cpuidleenter+0x2d/0x40 [56252.160360] doidle+0x176/0x1c0 [56252.166456 ---truncated---

Affected Software

132 affected componentsFixes available

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1

6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.8<6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1

6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2

6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1

6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1

6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1

6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1

6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1

6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1

6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-100.100

6.8.0-100.100

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1046.49

6.8.0-1046.49

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.14<6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1

6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1046.52

6.8.0-1046.52

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.14<6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1

6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<6.8.0-1046.53

6.8.0-1046.53

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1039.42

6.8.0-1039.42

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia-6.14<6.14.0-1007.7

6.14.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1047.50

6.8.0-1047.50

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.14<6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1

6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1043.48

6.8.0-1043.48

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1030.33

6.8.0-1030.33

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1044.44

6.8.0-1044.44

ubuntu/linux-intel*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-100.100.1

6.8.0-100.100.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1046.49

6.8.0-1046.49

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1046.49.1

6.8.0-1046.49.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1020.20

6.8.0-1020.20

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.14<6.14.0-1014.14

6.14.0-1014.14

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1043.44

6.8.0-1043.44

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.14<6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1

6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1047.51

6.8.0-1047.51

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.14<6.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1

6.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1023.24

6.8.0-1023.24

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<6.8.0-1016.20

6.8.0-1016.20

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2037.38

6.8.0-2037.38

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1041.42

6.8.1-1041.42

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.14<6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1

6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<6.8.0-1046.49+fips1

6.8.0-1046.49+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<6.8.0-1046.52+fips1

6.8.0-1046.52+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-100.100+fips1

6.8.0-100.100+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<6.8.0-1047.50+fips1

6.8.0-1047.50+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

Upgrade
Upgrade ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
Upgrade
Upgrade ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
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Upgrade ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1
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Upgrade ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
Upgrade
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.52
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.53
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1039.42
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1007.7
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1047.50
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1043.48
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1030.33
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1044.44
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1020.20
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1014.14
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1043.44
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1047.51
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Fixed in 6.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1023.24
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1016.20
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Fixed in 6.8.0-2037.38
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Fixed in 6.8.1-1041.42
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Fixed in 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-100.100+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1

Event History

Jul 9, 2025

CVE Published

via OSV·11:15 AM

Data Sourced

via OSV·11:15 AM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed as affected?

The listed packages are linux-azure-fde, linux-riscv, linux-realtime, linux-hwe-edge, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke, and linux-gkeop.

What access does the severity vector indicate an attacker needs?

The vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. It also includes AT:P, meaning an additional attack prerequisite is present, but the provided data does not define that prerequisite.

What is the indicated security impact?

The severity vector indicates high availability impact, with no indicated impact to confidentiality or integrity. The reported failure is a kernel BUG caused by list corruption.

How might an affected system present when the issue is triggered?

The provided crash report shows a "list_add corruption" message followed by a kernel BUG in lib/list_debug.c and an invalid-opcode Oops. Systems using the relevant XDP redirect path may exhibit a kernel crash with similar diagnostics.

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38246: High severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability

Affected Software

Remediation

Event History

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed as affected?

What access does the severity vector indicate an attacker needs?

What is the indicated security impact?

How might an affected system present when the issue is triggered?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ubuntu kernel package families are listed as affected?

What access does the severity vector indicate an attacker needs?

What is the indicated security impact?

How might an affected system present when the issue is triggered?