# CVE-2025-21789: LoongArch: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths Commit 69e3a6aa6be2 ("LoongArch: Add checksum optimization for 64-bit system") would cause an undefined shift and an out-of-bounds read. Commit 8bd795fedb84 ("arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths") fixes the same issue on ARM64.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/964a8895704a22efc06a2a3276b624a5ae985a06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f15a8df542c0f08732a67d1a14ee7c22948fb97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6508ffff32b44b6d0de06704034e4eef1c307a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6287f1a8c16138c2ec750953e35039634018c84a

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