CVE-2025-22089

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-04-16. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
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:

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace

Commit 467f432a521a ("RDMA/core: Split port and device counter sysfs attributes") accidentally almost exposed hw counters to non-init net namespaces. It didn't expose them fully, as an attempt to read any of those counters leads to a crash like this one:

[42021.807566] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 [42021.814463] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [42021.819549] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [42021.824636] PGD 0 P4D 0 [42021.827145] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [42021.830598] CPU: 82 PID: 2843922 Comm: switchto-defaul Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S W I XXX [42021.841697] Hardware name: XXX [42021.849619] RIP: 0010:hw_stat_device_show+0x1e/0x40 [ib_core] [42021.855362] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 d0 4c 8b 5e 20 48 8b 8f b8 04 00 00 48 81 c7 f0 fa ff ff <48> 8b 41 28 48 29 ce 48 83 c6 d0 48 c1 ee 04 69 d6 ab aa aa aa 48 [42021.873931] RSP: 0018:ffff97fe90f03da0 EFLAGS: 00010287 [42021.879108] RAX: ffff9406988a8c60 RBX: ffff940e1072d438 RCX: 0000000000000000 [42021.886169] RDX: ffff94085f1aa000 RSI: ffff93c6cbbdbcb0 RDI: ffff940c7517aef0 [42021.893230] RBP: ffff97fe90f03e70 R08: ffff94085f1aa000 R09: 0000000000000000 [42021.900294] R10: ffff94085f1aa000 R11: ffffffffc0775680 R12: ffffffff87ca2530 [42021.907355] R13: ffff940651602840 R14: ffff93c6cbbdbcb0 R15: ffff94085f1aa000 [42021.914418] FS: 00007fda1a3b9700(0000) GS:ffff94453fb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [42021.922423] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [42021.928130] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 00000042dcfb8003 CR4: 00000000003726f0 [42021.935194] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [42021.942257] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [42021.949324] Call Trace: [42021.951756] [42021.953842] [] ? show_regs+0x64/0x70 [42021.959030] [] ? __die+0x78/0xc0 [42021.963874] [] ? page_fault_oops+0x2b5/0x3b0 [42021.969749] [] ? exc_page_fault+0x1a2/0x3c0 [42021.975549] [] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [42021.981517] [] ? __pfx_show_hw_stats+0x10/0x10 [ib_core] [42021.988482] [] ? hw_stat_device_show+0x1e/0x40 [ib_core] [42021.995438] [] dev_attr_show+0x1e/0x50 [42022.000803] [] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x81/0xe0 [42022.006508] [] seq_read_iter+0xf4/0x410 [42022.011954] [] vfs_read+0x16e/0x2f0 [42022.017058] [] ksys_read+0x6e/0xe0 [42022.022073] [] do_syscall_64+0x6a/0xa0 [42022.027441] [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

The problem can be reproduced using the following steps: ip netns add foo ip netns exec foo bash cat /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/hw_counters/*

The panic occurs because of casting the device pointer into an ib_device pointer using container_of() in hw_stat_device_show() is wrong and leads to a memory corruption.

However the real problem is that hw counters should never been exposed outside of the non-init net namespace.

Fix this by saving the index of the corresponding attribute group (it might be 1 or 2 depending on the presence of driver-specific attributes) and zeroing the pointer to hw_counters group for compat devices during the initialization.

With this fix applied hw_counters are not available in a non-init net namespace: find /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ -name hw_counters /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ports/1/hw_counters /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ports/2/hw_counters /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/hw_counters

ip netns add foo ip netns exec foo bash find /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ -name hw_counters

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

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 16, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

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

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df45ae2a4f1cdfda00c032839e12092e1f32c05e
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5212b99649c5740154f307e9e3d7fee9bf62773
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c14d9704f5d77a7c7fa46e2114b64a4f75b64e17
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1ecb30f90856b0be4168ad51b8875148e285c1f
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5b7f8842a90a5e6eeff37f9f6d814e61ea3529
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6682da5d8fd578a5068531d01633c9d2e4c8f12b
generic

RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cf80f924aecb5b2bebd4f4ad11b2efc676a0b78

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-22089(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime (5.15.0.1086.90) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.15.0.1085.75) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.142.152~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.142.137) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1086.89) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips (5.15.0.1091.76) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg (5.15.0.1081.81) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-22.22) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1091.89) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (5.15.0.1091.100~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04b (6.11.0-1024.24) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure (6.14.0-1007.7) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k (6.14.0-1007.7) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-64k (6.11.0-1015.16) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.11 (6.11.0-1018.18) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1083.89~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1080.78) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-28.28) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-86.87) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1036.37) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1041.44.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1041.45) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1044.50+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2032.33) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1083.89~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_12025-11-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_72025-11-11redhat
linuxKernel @ 5.15.180—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.129-1~deb11u1 (7 versions)6.1.137-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (37 versions)6.1.135-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.25-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.25-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(23)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-22089?
CVE-2025-22089 is a medium vulnerability published on April 16, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Don't expose hw_counters outside of init net namespace Commit 467f432a521a ("RDMA/core: Split port and device counter sysfs attributes") accidentally almost exposed hw counters to non-init net namespaces. It didn't…
When was CVE-2025-22089 disclosed?
CVE-2025-22089 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 16, 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-2025-22089 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-22089 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 88.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-22089?
CVE-2025-22089 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-22089?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-22089, 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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