🛡️ CVE-2025-68770 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

bnxt_en: Fix XDP_TX path

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

bnxt_en: Fix XDP_TX path

For XDP_TX action in bnxt_rx_xdp(), clearing of the event flags is not

correct. __bnxt_poll_work() -> bnxt_rx_pkt() -> bnxt_rx_xdp() may be

looping within NAPI and some event flags may be set in earlier

iterations. In particular, if BNXT_TX_EVENT is set earlier indicating

some XDP_TX packets are ready and pending, it will be cleared if it is

XDP_TX action again. Normally, we will set BNXT_TX_EVENT again when we

successfully call __bnxt_xmit_xdp(). But if the TX ring has no more

room, the flag will not be set. This will cause the TX producer to be

ahead but the driver will not hit the TX doorbell.

For multi-buf XDP_TX, there is no need to clear the event flags and set

BNXT_AGG_EVENT. The BNXT_AGG_EVENT flag should have been set earlier in

bnxt_rx_pkt().

The visible symptom of this is that the RX ring associated with the

TX XDP ring will eventually become empty and all packets will be dropped.

Because this condition will cause the driver to not refill the RX ring

seeing that the TX ring has forever pending XDP_TX packets.

The fix is to only clear BNXT_RX_EVENT when we have successfully

called __bnxt_xmit_xdp().

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2025-68770 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.13.0 up to 6.18.3)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 13 January 2026 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2025-68770 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-01-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.13.0 6.18.3
unknown

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