{"cve":"CVE-2025-37791","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T14:15:43.540","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:17.897","status":"Modified","description":"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>","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61765e1b417a23371c3735e3cddf4ad9354ed2e9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eb0a0072f966bb0b01d8b7d529d9743a7187bd1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3fdd4fba16c74697d8bc730b82fb7c1eff7fab3"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:11.054312287+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37791","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09371,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}