{"cve":"CVE-2025-37859","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-09T07:16:06.960","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:34.883","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npage_pool: avoid infinite loop to schedule delayed worker\n\nWe noticed the kworker in page_pool_release_retry() was waken\nup repeatedly and infinitely in production because of the\nbuggy driver causing the inflight less than 0 and warning\nus in page_pool_inflight()[1].\n\nSince the inflight value goes negative, it means we should\nnot expect the whole page_pool to get back to work normally.\n\nThis patch mitigates the adverse effect by not rescheduling\nthe kworker when detecting the inflight negative in\npage_pool_release_retry().\n\n[1]\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Negative(-51446) inflight packet-pages\n...\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Call Trace:\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  page_pool_release_retry+0x23/0x70\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  process_one_work+0x1b1/0x370\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  worker_thread+0x37/0x3a0\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  kthread+0x11a/0x140\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  ? process_one_work+0x370/0x370\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  ? __kthread_cancel_work+0x40/0x40\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025]  ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40\n[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ---[ end trace ebffe800f33e7e34 ]---\nNote: before this patch, the above calltrace would flood the\ndmesg due to repeated reschedule of release_dw kworker.","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-835"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43130d02baa137033c25297aaae95fd0edc41654","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7204335d1991c23fc615ab76f31f175748a578e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738d1812ec2e395e953258aea912ddd867d11a13","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e089a64504982f8d62f223027cb9f903781f78","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91522aba56e9fcdf64da25ffef9b27f8fad48e0f"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37859","score":0.00314,"percentile":0.24341,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}