Answer in brief
CVE-2025-21894 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in net: enetc: VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC. 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 5.5. 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.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=41514737ecaa603a5127cdccdc5f17ef11b9b3dc <3ad5fe77e477a8652c535b3a0343cf3d9ee10056 || >=41514737ecaa603a5127cdccdc5f17ef11b9b3dc <1748531839298ab7be682155f6cd98ae04773e6a || >=41514737ecaa603a5127cdccdc5f17ef11b9b3dc <3d9634211121700568d0e3635ebdd5df06d20440 || >=41514737ecaa603a5127cdccdc5f17ef11b9b3dc <8c393efd7420cc994864d059fcc6219bfd7cb840 || >=41514737ecaa603a5127cdccdc5f17ef11b9b3dc <a562d0c4a893eae3ea51d512c4d90ab858a6b7ec | 3ad5fe77e477a8652c535b3a0343cf3d9ee10056, 1748531839298ab7be682155f6cd98ae04773e6a, 3d9634211121700568d0e3635ebdd5df06d20440, 8c393efd7420cc994864d059fcc6219bfd7cb840, a562d0c4a893eae3ea51d512c4d90ab858a6b7ec |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.3 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Apr 1, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 30, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: enetc: VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC Actually ENETC VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC because only ENETC PF can access PMa_SINGLE_STEP registers. And there will be a crash if VFs are used to test one-step timestamp, the crash log as follows. [ 129.110909] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000000000080c0 [ 129.287769] Call trace: [ 129.290219] enetc_port_mac_wr+0x30/0xec (P) [ 129.294504] enetc_start_xmit+0xda4/0xe74 [ 129.298525] enetc_xmit+0x70/0xec [ 129.301848] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x98/0x118
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