Bug 2422700 (CVE-2025-68191)

Summary:	CVE-2025-68191 kernel: udp_tunnel: use netdev_warn() instead of netdev_WARN()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	An inappropriate warning severity was found in the UDP tunnel code in the Linux kernel. The code uses netdev_WARN() (which triggers WARN_ON with stack trace) for normal allocation failures in udp_tunnel_nic_register(). This can cause unnecessary system instability alerts for routine memory pressure situations.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-16 14:04:48 UTC

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

udp_tunnel: use netdev_warn() instead of netdev_WARN()

netdev_WARN() uses WARN/WARN_ON to print a backtrace along with
file and line information. In this case, udp_tunnel_nic_register()
returning an error is just a failed operation, not a kernel bug.

udp_tunnel_nic_register() can fail due to a memory allocation
failure (kzalloc() or udp_tunnel_nic_alloc()).
This is a normal runtime error and not a kernel bug.

Replace netdev_WARN() with netdev_warn() accordingly.

Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-17 02:02:32 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025121635-CVE-2025-68191-ec54@gregkh/T