CVE-2025-21960

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-04-01. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb()

The bnxt_rx_pkt() updates ip_summed value at the end if checksum offload is enabled. When the XDP-MB program is attached and it returns XDP_PASS, the bnxt_xdp_build_skb() is called to update skb_shared_info. The main purpose of bnxt_xdp_build_skb() is to update skb_shared_info, but it updates ip_summed value too if checksum offload is enabled. This is actually duplicate work.

When the bnxt_rx_pkt() updates ip_summed value, it checks if ip_summed is CHECKSUM_NONE or not. It means that ip_summed should be CHECKSUM_NONE at this moment. But ip_summed may already be updated to CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY in the XDP-MB-PASS path. So the by skb_checksum_none_assert() WARNS about it.

This is duplicate work and updating ip_summed in the bnxt_xdp_build_skb() is not needed.

Splat looks like: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 5782 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:5155 bnxt_rx_pkt+0x479b/0x7610 [bnxt_en] Modules linked in: bnxt_re bnxt_en rdma_ucm rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_uverbs veth xt_nat xt_tcpudp xt_conntrack nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5782 Comm: socat Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4+ #27 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z690-P D4, BIOS 0603 11/01/2021 RIP: 0010:bnxt_rx_pkt+0x479b/0x7610 [bnxt_en] Code: 54 24 0c 4c 89 f1 4c 89 ff c1 ea 1f ff d3 0f 1f 00 49 89 c6 48 85 c0 0f 84 4c e5 ff ff 48 89 c7 e8 ca 3d a0 c8 e9 8f f4 ff ff <0f> 0b f RSP: 0018:ffff88881ba09928 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000c7590303 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 1ffff1104e7d1610 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8881c91300b8 RBP: ffff88881ba09b28 R08: ffff888273e8b0d0 R09: ffff888273e8b070 R10: ffff888273e8b010 R11: ffff888278b0f000 R12: ffff888273e8b080 R13: ffff8881c9130e00 R14: ffff8881505d3800 R15: ffff888273e8b000 FS: 00007f5a2e7be080(0000) GS:ffff88881ba00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fff2e708ff8 CR3: 000000013e3b0000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: ? __warn+0xcd/0x2f0 ? bnxt_rx_pkt+0x479b/0x7610 ? report_bug+0x326/0x3c0 ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x50 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? bnxt_rx_pkt+0x479b/0x7610 ? bnxt_rx_pkt+0x3e41/0x7610 ? __pfx_bnxt_rx_pkt+0x10/0x10 ? napi_complete_done+0x2cf/0x7d0 __bnxt_poll_work+0x4e8/0x1220 ? __pfx___bnxt_poll_work+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_mark_lock.part.0+0x10/0x10 bnxt_poll_p5+0x36a/0xfa0 ? __pfx_bnxt_poll_p5+0x10/0x10 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xa0/0x440 net_rx_action+0x899/0xd00 ...

Following ping.py patch adds xdp-mb-pass case. so ping.py is going to be able to reproduce this issue.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

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How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
39%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 1, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4193-1] linux-6.1 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
generic

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee086c8e775f9690282e3d26471dbcfd5dad5a6a
generic

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e3e03d69f2420eaa578199a65d281c58867105
generic

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03e7d05aa0e2f7e9a9ce5ad8a12471a53f941dc
generic

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b57ed14a1b85e7ab0074d9668a0baa6c94826c7
generic

eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxt_xdp_build_skb() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44578bc6460b8fca530fc7bd5897c115d9bd27e2

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21960?
CVE-2025-21960 is a medium vulnerability published on April 1, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: bnxt: do not update checksum in bnxtxdpbuild_skb() The bnxtrxpkt() updates ip_summed value at the end if checksum offload is enabled. When the XDP-MB program is attached and it returns XDP_PASS, the bnxtxdpbuildskb() is called…
When was CVE-2025-21960 disclosed?
CVE-2025-21960 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 1, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-21960 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-21960 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21960?
CVE-2025-21960 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-21960?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21960, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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