# CVE-2025-37791: ethtool: cmis\_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool\_cmis\_module\_poll()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.25, 6.14.4
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291, fixed in 61765e1b417a23371c3735e3cddf4ad9354ed2e9; from a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291, fixed in 7eb0a0072f966bb0b01d8b7d529d9743a7187bd1; from a39c84d796254e6b1662ca0c46dbc313379e9291, fixed in f3fdd4fba16c74697d8bc730b82fb7c1eff7fab3
- Linux: 6.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.11.0, fixed in 6.12.25; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.14.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: cmis_cdb: use correct rpl size in ethtool_cmis_module_poll() rpl is passed as a pointer to ethtool_cmis_module_poll(), so the correct size of rpl is sizeof(*rpl) which should be just 1 byte. Using the pointer size instead can cause stack corruption: Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 CPU: 72 UID: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: kworker/72:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.11.0 #24 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/04GWWM, BIOS 1.6.6 09/20/2023 Workqueue: events module_flash_fw_work Call Trace: <TASK> panic+0x339/0x360 ? ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ? __pfx_status_success+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 __stack_chk_fail+0x10/0x10 ethtool_cmis_wait_for_cond+0xf4/0x100 ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd+0x1fc/0x330 ? __pfx_status_fail+0x10/0x10 cmis_cdb_module_features_get+0x6d/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_cdb_init+0x8a/0xd0 ethtool_cmis_fw_update+0x46/0x1d0 module_flash_fw_work+0x17/0xa0 process_one_work+0x179/0x390 worker_thread+0x239/0x340 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xcc/0x100 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.25, 6.14.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61765e1b417a23371c3735e3cddf4ad9354ed2e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eb0a0072f966bb0b01d8b7d529d9743a7187bd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3fdd4fba16c74697d8bc730b82fb7c1eff7fab3

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