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Linux Linux — bnxt_en: Set DMA unmap len correctly for XDP_REDIRECT
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0049 40.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux f18c2b77b2e4eec2313d519ba125bd6a069513cf – —
Linux 5.3 – 5.4.296
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Jul 25 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38439 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt_en: Set DMA unmap len correctly for XDP_REDIRECT
When transmitting an XDP_REDIRECT packet, call dma_unmap_len_set()
with the proper length instead of 0. This bug triggers this warning
on a system with IOMMU enabled:
WARNING: CPU: 36 PID: 0 at drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c:842 __iommu_dma_unmap+0x159/0x170
RIP: 0010:__iommu_dma_unmap+0x159/0x170
Code: a8 00 00 00 00 48 c7 45 b0 00 00 00 00 48 c7 45 c8 00 00 00 00 48 c7 45 a0 ff ff ff ff 4c 89 45
b8 4c 89 45 c0 e9 77 ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 60 ff ff ff e8 8b bf 6a 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ff22d31181150c88 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000002000 RBX: 00000000e13a0000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ff22d31181150cf0 R08: ff22d31181150ca8 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ff22d311d36c9d80 R12: 0000000000001000
R13: ff13544d10645010 R14: ff22d31181150c90 R15: ff13544d0b2bac00
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff13550908a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005be909dacff8 CR3: 0008000173408003 CR4: 0000000000f71ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
? show_regs+0x6d/0x80
? __warn+0x89/0x160
? __iommu_dma_unmap+0x159/0x170
? report_bug+0x17e/0x1b0
? handle_bug+0x46/0x90
? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
? __iommu_dma_unmap+0x159/0x170
? __iommu_dma_unmap+0xb3/0x170
iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x4f/0x100
dma_unmap_page_attrs+0x52/0x220
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? xdp_return_frame+0x2e/0xd0
bnxt_tx_int_xdp+0xdf/0x440 [bnxt_en]
__bnxt_poll_work_done+0x81/0x1e0 [bnxt_en]
bnxt_poll+0xd3/0x1e0 [bnxt_en]
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 25, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38439 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | f18c2b77b2e4eec2313d519ba125bd6a069513cf | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.3 | 5.4.296 |
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