CVE-2025-21894: net: enetc: VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-01 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: enetc: VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC Actually ENETC VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC because only ENETC PF can access PMa_SINGLE_STEP registers. And there will be a crash if VFs are used to test one-step timestamp, the crash log as follows. [ 129.110909] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000000000080c0 [ 129.287769] Call trace: [ 129.290219] enetc_port_mac_wr+0x30/0xec (P) [ 129.294504] enetc_start_xmit+0xda4/0xe74 [ 129.298525] enetc_xmit+0x70/0xec [ 129.301848] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x98/0x118

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.3 before 6.6.83; from 6.7 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 6.6.83, 6.12.18, 6.13.6
Linux: 5.3 — fixed in 6.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.83, 6.12.18, 6.13.6; Linux 6.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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