CVE-2025-21663 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-21663
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity:
Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
Attack Vector:
Attack Vector Under Analysis
Privileges Required: None
No authentication is required for exploitation.
Scope:
Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-21663 Details

Status: Received on 21 Jan 2025, 13:15 UTC

Published on: 21 Jan 2025, 13:15 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-21663 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-21663: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: dwmac-tegra: Read iommu stream id from device tree Nvidia's Tegra MGBE controllers require the IOMMU "Stream ID" (SID) to be written to the MGBE_WRAP_AXI_ASID0_CTRL register. The current driver is hard coded to use MGBE0's SID for all controllers. This causes softirq time outs and kernel panics when using controllers other than MGBE0. Example dmesg errors when an ethernet cable is connected to MGBE1: [ 116.133290] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 121.851283] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 5: transmit queue 0 timed out 5690 ms [ 121.851782] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Reset adapter. [ 121.892464] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0 [ 121.905920] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: PHY [stmmac-1:00] driver [Aquantia AQR113] (irq=171) [ 121.907356] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Enabling Safety Features [ 121.907578] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported [ 121.908399] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: registered PTP clock [ 121.908582] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: configuring for phy/10gbase-r link mode [ 125.961292] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 181.921198] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: [ 181.921404] rcu: 7-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=540c/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=1748/1749 fqs=2337 [ 181.921684] rcu: (detected by 4, t=6002 jiffies, g=1357, q=1254 ncpus=8) [ 181.921878] Sending NMI from CPU 4 to CPUs 7: [ 181.921886] NMI backtrace for cpu 7 [ 181.922131] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3+ #6 [ 181.922390] Hardware name: NVIDIA CTI Forge + Orin AGX/Jetson, BIOS 202402.1-Unknown 10/28/2024 [ 181.922658] pstate: 40400009 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 181.922847] pc : handle_softirqs+0x98/0x368 [ 181.922978] lr : __do_softirq+0x18/0x20 [ 181.923095] sp : ffff80008003bf50 [ 181.923189] x29: ffff80008003bf50 x28: 0000000000000008 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 181.923379] x26: ffffce78ea277000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000001c61befda0 [ 181.924486] x23: 0000000060400009 x22: ffffce78e99918bc x21: ffff80008018bd70 [ 181.925568] x20: ffffce78e8bb00d8 x19: ffff80008018bc20 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 181.926655] x17: ffff318ebe7d3000 x16: ffff800080038000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 181.931455] x14: ffff000080816680 x13: ffff318ebe7d3000 x12: 000000003464d91d [ 181.938628] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: ffff000080165a70 x9 : ffffce78e8bb0160 [ 181.945804] x8 : ffff8000827b3160 x7 : f9157b241586f343 x6 : eeb6502a01c81c74 [ 181.953068] x5 : a4acfcdd2e8096bb x4 : ffffce78ea277340 x3 : 00000000ffffd1e1 [ 181.960329] x2 : 0000000000000101 x1 : ffffce78ea277340 x0 : ffff318ebe7d3000 [ 181.967591] Call trace: [ 181.970043] handle_softirqs+0x98/0x368 (P) [ 181.974240] __do_softirq+0x18/0x20 [ 181.977743] ____do_softirq+0x14/0x28 [ 181.981415] call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x30 [ 181.985180] do_softirq_own_stack+0x20/0x30 [ 181.989379] __irq_exit_rcu+0x114/0x140 [ 181.993142] irq_exit_rcu+0x14/0x28 [ 181.996816] el1_interrupt+0x44/0xb8 [ 182.000316] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x14/0x20 [ 182.004343] el1h_64_irq+0x80/0x88 [ 182.007755] cpuidle_enter_state+0xc4/0x4a8 (P) [ 182.012305] cpuidle_enter+0x3c/0x58 [ 182.015980] cpuidle_idle_call+0x128/0x1c0 [ 182.020005] do_idle+0xe0/0xf0 [ 182.023155] cpu_startup_entry+0x3c/0x48 [ 182.026917] secondary_start_kernel+0xdc/0x120 [ 182.031379] __secondary_switched+0x74/0x78 [ 212.971162] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 7-.... } 6103 jiffies s: 417 root: 0x80/. [ 212.985935] rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug): [ 212.992758] Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 7: [ 212.998539] NMI backtrace for cpu 7 [ 213.004304] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PI ---truncated---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-21663

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-21663 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-21663

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-21663.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-21663, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-21663, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2025-21663 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2025-21663 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2025-21663 does not affect system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.045% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 18.4% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 81.6% of others.

CVE-2025-21663 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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