Answer in brief
CVE-2025-21788 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix memleak in certain XDP cases. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=8acacc40f7337527ff84cd901ed2ef0a2b95b2b6 <1bba1d042107167164a0ae3a843fdf650ab005d7 || >=8acacc40f7337527ff84cd901ed2ef0a2b95b2b6 <dc11f049612b9d926aca2e55f8dc9d82850d0da3 || >=8acacc40f7337527ff84cd901ed2ef0a2b95b2b6 <5db843258de1e4e6b1ef1cbd1797923c9e3de548 | 1bba1d042107167164a0ae3a843fdf650ab005d7, dc11f049612b9d926aca2e55f8dc9d82850d0da3, 5db843258de1e4e6b1ef1cbd1797923c9e3de548 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.10 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Feb 27, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix memleak in certain XDP cases If the XDP program doesn't result in XDP_PASS then we leak the memory allocated by am65_cpsw_build_skb(). It is pointless to allocate SKB memory before running the XDP program as we would be wasting CPU cycles for cases other than XDP_PASS. Move the SKB allocation after evaluating the XDP program result. This fixes the memleak. A performance boost is seen for XDP_DROP test. XDP_DROP test: Before: 460256 rx/s 0 err/s After: 784130 rx/s 0 err/s
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