Security assessments indicate that CVE-2025-22091 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.
Status: Analyzed
Last updated: 🕘 31 Oct 2025, 21:00 UTC
Originally published on: 🕒 16 Apr 2025, 15:16 UTC
Time between publication and last update: 198 days
CVSS Release: version 3
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2025-22091: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix page_size variable overflow Change all variables storing mlx5_umem_mkc_find_best_pgsz() result to unsigned long to support values larger than 31 and avoid overflow. For example: If we try to register 4GB of memory that is contiguous in physical memory, the driver will optimize the page_size and try to use an mkey with 4GB entity size. The 'unsigned int' page_size variable will overflow to '0' and we'll hit the WARN_ON() in alloc_cacheable_mr(). WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1203 at drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c:1124 alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] Modules linked in: mlx5_ib mlx5_core bonding ip6_gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 ip_gre gre rdma_rxe rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_ipoib ib_umad rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm fuse ib_core [last unloaded: mlx5_core] CPU: 2 UID: 70878 PID: 1203 Comm: rdma_resource_l Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4-dirty #43 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 41 52 53 48 83 ec 30 f6 46 28 04 4c 8b 77 08 75 21 <0f> 0b 49 c7 c2 ea ff ff ff 48 8d 65 d0 4c 89 d0 5b 41 5a 41 5c 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc900006ffac8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000004c0d0d0 RBX: ffff888217a22000 RCX: 0000000000100001 RDX: 00007fb7ac480000 RSI: ffff8882037b1240 RDI: ffff8882046f0600 RBP: ffffc900006ffb28 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000000007e0 R11: ffffea0008011d40 R12: ffff8882037b1240 R13: ffff8882046f0600 R14: ffff888217a22000 R15: ffffc900006ffe00 FS: 00007fb7ed013340(0000) GS:ffff88885fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fb7ed1d8000 CR3: 00000001fd8f6006 CR4: 0000000000772eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x81/0x130 ? alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] ? report_bug+0xfc/0x1e0 ? handle_bug+0x55/0x90 ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? alloc_cacheable_mr+0x22/0x580 [mlx5_ib] create_real_mr+0x54/0x150 [mlx5_ib] ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x17f/0x2a0 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0xca/0x140 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_run_method+0x6d0/0x780 [ib_uverbs] ? __pfx_ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x19b/0x360 [ib_uverbs] ? walk_system_ram_range+0x79/0xd0 ? ___pte_offset_map+0x1b/0x110 ? __pte_offset_map_lock+0x80/0x100 ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xac/0x110 [ib_uverbs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x94/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7fb7ecf0737b Code: ff ff ff 85 c0 79 9b 49 c7 c4 ff ff ff ff 5b 5d 4c 89 e0 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 7d 2a 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffdbe03ecc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffdbe03edb8 RCX: 00007fb7ecf0737b RDX: 00007ffdbe03eda0 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007ffdbe03ed80 R08: 00007fb7ecc84010 R09: 00007ffdbe03eed4 R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffdbe03eed4 R13: 000000000000000c R14: 000000000000000c R15: 00007fb7ecc84150 </TASK>
The exploitability of CVE-2025-22091 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).
CVE-2025-22091 presents an accessible attack vector with minimal effort required. Restricting access controls and implementing security updates are critical to reducing exploitation risks.
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.
Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-22091, 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.
Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-22091, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.
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