Bug 2388946 (CVE-2025-38533) - CVE-2025-38533 kernel: net: libwx: fix the using of Rx buffer DMA
Summary: CVE-2025-38533 kernel: net: libwx: fix the using of Rx buffer DMA
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38533
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-08-16 12:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-18 05:15 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-16 12:03:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: libwx: fix the using of Rx buffer DMA

The wx_rx_buffer structure contained two DMA address fields: 'dma' and
'page_dma'. However, only 'page_dma' was actually initialized and used
to program the Rx descriptor. But 'dma' was uninitialized and used in
some paths.

This could lead to undefined behavior, including DMA errors or
use-after-free, if the uninitialized 'dma' was used. Althrough such
error has not yet occurred, it is worth fixing in the code.


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