{"cve":"CVE-2025-21649","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-19T11:15:10.517","modified":"2026-09-14T12:17:34.633","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is sent on HIP08 devices\n\nCurrently, HIP08 devices does not register the ptp devices, so the\nhdev->ptp is NULL. But the tx process would still try to set hardware time\nstamp info with SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP flag and cause a kernel crash.\n\n[  128.087798] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018\n...\n[  128.280251] pc : hclge_ptp_set_tx_info+0x2c/0x140 [hclge]\n[  128.286600] lr : hclge_ptp_set_tx_info+0x20/0x140 [hclge]\n[  128.292938] sp : ffff800059b93140\n[  128.297200] x29: ffff800059b93140 x28: 0000000000003280\n[  128.303455] x27: ffff800020d48280 x26: ffff0cb9dc814080\n[  128.309715] x25: ffff0cb9cde93fa0 x24: 0000000000000001\n[  128.315969] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000194\n[  128.322219] x21: ffff0cd94f986000 x20: 0000000000000000\n[  128.328462] x19: ffff0cb9d2a166c0 x18: 0000000000000000\n[  128.334698] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffcf1fc523ed24\n[  128.340934] x15: 0000ffffd530a518 x14: 0000000000000000\n[  128.347162] x13: ffff0cd6bdb31310 x12: 0000000000000368\n[  128.353388] x11: ffff0cb9cfbc7070 x10: ffff2cf55dd11e02\n[  128.359606] x9 : ffffcf1f85a212b4 x8 : ffff0cd7cf27dab0\n[  128.365831] x7 : 0000000000000a20 x6 : ffff0cd7cf27d000\n[  128.372040] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 000000000000ffff\n[  128.378243] x3 : 0000000000000400 x2 : ffffcf1f85a21294\n[  128.384437] x1 : ffff0cb9db520080 x0 : ffff0cb9db500080\n[  128.390626] Call trace:\n[  128.393964]  hclge_ptp_set_tx_info+0x2c/0x140 [hclge]\n[  128.399893]  hns3_nic_net_xmit+0x39c/0x4c4 [hns3]\n[  128.405468]  xmit_one.constprop.0+0xc4/0x200\n[  128.410600]  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x54/0xf0\n[  128.415556]  sch_direct_xmit+0xe8/0x634\n[  128.420246]  __dev_queue_xmit+0x224/0xc70\n[  128.425101]  dev_queue_xmit+0x1c/0x40\n[  128.429608]  ovs_vport_send+0xac/0x1a0 [openvswitch]\n[  128.435409]  do_output+0x60/0x17c [openvswitch]\n[  128.440770]  do_execute_actions+0x898/0x8c4 [openvswitch]\n[  128.446993]  ovs_execute_actions+0x64/0xf0 [openvswitch]\n[  128.453129]  ovs_dp_process_packet+0xa0/0x224 [openvswitch]\n[  128.459530]  ovs_vport_receive+0x7c/0xfc [openvswitch]\n[  128.465497]  internal_dev_xmit+0x34/0xb0 [openvswitch]\n[  128.471460]  xmit_one.constprop.0+0xc4/0x200\n[  128.476561]  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x54/0xf0\n[  128.481489]  __dev_queue_xmit+0x968/0xc70\n[  128.486330]  dev_queue_xmit+0x1c/0x40\n[  128.490856]  ip_finish_output2+0x250/0x570\n[  128.495810]  __ip_finish_output+0x170/0x1e0\n[  128.500832]  ip_finish_output+0x3c/0xf0\n[  128.505504]  ip_output+0xbc/0x160\n[  128.509654]  ip_send_skb+0x58/0xd4\n[  128.513892]  udp_send_skb+0x12c/0x354\n[  128.518387]  udp_sendmsg+0x7a8/0x9c0\n[  128.522793]  inet_sendmsg+0x4c/0x8c\n[  128.527116]  __sock_sendmsg+0x48/0x80\n[  128.531609]  __sys_sendto+0x124/0x164\n[  128.536099]  __arm64_sys_sendto+0x30/0x5c\n[  128.540935]  invoke_syscall+0x50/0x130\n[  128.545508]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x10c/0x124\n[  128.551205]  do_el0_svc+0x34/0xdc\n[  128.555347]  el0_svc+0x20/0x30\n[  128.559227]  el0_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0\n[  128.563883]  el0_sync+0x160/0x180","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cfa9624d6bf2d68c3831e22b49ccffe3f0b556a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b1b15058b177b0457ebf34b6664763cf2bbf712","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9741e72b2286de8b38de9db685588ac421a95c87","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d213ca0cb49e2d829f8338baf776f32cc8d9efa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f19ab3ef96d9626e5f1bdc56d3574c355e83d623"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:58:41.599736885+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21649","score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11274,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}