CVE-2025-39987

can: hi311x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow

CVE-2025-39987 is fixed in 24 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39987, released October 15, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0018
7th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: hi311x: populate ndo_change_mtu() to prevent buffer overflow Sending an PF_PACKET allows to bypass the CAN framework logic and to directly reach the xmit() function of a CAN driver. The only check which is performed by the PF_PACKET framework is to make sure that skb->len fits the interface's MTU. Unfortunately, because the sun4i_can driver does not populate its net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu(), it is possible for an attacker to configure an invalid MTU by doing, for example: $ ip link set can0 mtu 9999 After doing so, the attacker could open a PF_PACKET socket using the ETH_P_CANXL protocol: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_CANXL)) to inject a malicious CAN XL frames. For example: struct canxl_frame frame = { .flags = 0xff, .len = 2048, }; The CAN drivers' xmit() function are calling can_dev_dropped_skb() to check that the skb is valid, unfortunately under above conditions, the malicious packet is able to go through can_dev_dropped_skb() checks: 1. the skb->protocol is set to ETH_P_CANXL which is valid (the function does not check the actual device capabilities). 2. the length is a valid CAN XL length. And so, hi3110_hard_start_xmit() receives a CAN XL frame which it is not able to correctly handle and will thus misinterpret it as a CAN frame. The driver will consume frame->len as-is with no further checks. This can result in a buffer overflow later on in hi3110_hw_tx() on this line: memcpy(buf + HI3110_FIFO_EXT_DATA_OFF, frame->data, frame->len); Here, frame->len corresponds to the flags field of the CAN XL frame. In our previous example, we set canxl_frame->flags to 0xff. Because the maximum expected length is 8, a buffer overflow of 247 bytes occurs! Populate net_device_ops->ndo_change_mtu() to ensure that the interface's MTU can not be set to anything bigger than CAN_MTU. By fixing the root cause, this prevents the buffer overflow.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1.150700.17.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_17 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_17 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_6 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1 Nov 18, 2025
kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1 Nov 28, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1 Nov 26, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1 Nov 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1 Nov 11, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.7.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1 Nov 26, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.158-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39987 Oct 15, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.57-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39987 Oct 15, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.16.10-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39987 Oct 15, 2025

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