{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-37791",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-37791"
  ],
  "published": "2025-05-01T13:07:57Z",
  "summary": "ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll()\n\nrpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct\nsize of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte.  Using the\npointer size instead can cause stack corruption:\n\nKernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\nCPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE      6.11.0 #24\nTainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023\nWorkqueue: events module_flash_fw_work\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n panic+0x339/0x360\n ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\n ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10\n __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10\n ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100\n ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330\n ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10\n cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0\n ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0\n ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0\n module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0\n process_one_work+0x179/0x390\n worker_thread+0x239/0x340\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0xcc/0x100\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37791"
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61765e1b417a23371c3735e3cddf4ad9354ed2e9"
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    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T12:19:11Z"
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}