CVE-2025-21885: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix the page details for the srq created by kernel consumers

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-27 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix the page details for the srq created by kernel consumers While using nvme target with use_srq on, below kernel panic is noticed. [ 549.698111] bnxt_en 0000:41:00.0 enp65s0np0: FEC autoneg off encoding: Clause 91 RS(544,514) [ 566.393619] Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI .. [ 566.393799] <TASK> [ 566.393807] ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60 [ 566.393823] ? die+0x38/0x60 [ 566.393835] ? do_trap+0xe4/0x110 [ 566.393847] ? bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq+0x1d4/0x580 [bnxt_re] [ 566.393867] ? bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq+0x1d4/0x580 [bnxt_re] [ 566.393881] ? do_error_trap+0x7c/0x120 [ 566.393890] ? bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq+0x1d4/0x580 [bnxt_re] [ 566.393911] ? exc_divide_error+0x34/0x50 [ 566.393923] ? bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq+0x1d4/0x580 [bnxt_re] [ 566.393939] ? asm_exc_divide_error+0x16/0x20 [ 566.393966] ? bnxt_qplib_alloc_init_hwq+0x1d4/0x580 [bnxt_re] [ 566.393997] bnxt_qplib_create_srq+0xc9/0x340 [bnxt_re] [ 566.394040] bnxt_re_create_srq+0x335/0x3b0 [bnxt_re] [ 566.394057] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 566.394068] ? __init_swait_queue_head+0x4a/0x60 [ 566.394090] ib_create_srq_user+0xa7/0x150 [ib_core] [ 566.394147] nvmet_rdma_queue_connect+0x7d0/0xbe0 [nvmet_rdma] [ 566.394174] ? lock_release+0x22c/0x3f0 [ 566.394187] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f Page size and shift info is set only for the user space SRQs. Set page size and page shift for kernel space SRQs also.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.7 before 6.12.18; from 6.13 before 6.13.6; 6.14-rc1, 6.14-rc2, 6.14-rc3, 6.14-rc4 — fixed in 6.12.18, 6.13.6
Linux: 5.7 — fixed in 6.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.18, 6.13.6; Linux 6.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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