# CVE-2025-38402: idpf: return 0 size for RSS key if not supported

Status: published. Published: 2025-07-25. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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

idpf: return 0 size for RSS key if not supported

Returning -EOPNOTSUPP from function returning u32 is leading to
cast and invalid size value as a result.

-EOPNOTSUPP as a size probably will lead to allocation fail.

Command: ethtool -x eth0
It is visible on all devices that don't have RSS caps set.

[  136.615917] Call Trace:
[  136.615921]  <TASK>
[  136.615927]  ? __warn+0x89/0x130
[  136.615942]  ? __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x322/0x330
[  136.615953]  ? report_bug+0x164/0x190
[  136.615968]  ? handle_bug+0x58/0x90
[  136.615979]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70
[  136.615987]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[  136.616001]  ? rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[  136.616016]  ? __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x322/0x330
[  136.616028]  __alloc_pages_noprof+0xe/0x20
[  136.616038]  ___kmalloc_large_node+0x80/0x110
[  136.616072]  __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x1d/0xa0
[  136.616081]  __kmalloc_noprof+0x32c/0x4c0
[  136.616098]  ? rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[  136.616105]  rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[  136.616114]  ethnl_default_doit+0x107/0x3d0
[  136.616131]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x100/0x160
[  136.616147]  genl_rcv_msg+0x1b8/0x2c0
[  136.616156]  ? __pfx_ethnl_default_doit+0x10/0x10
[  136.616168]  ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
[  136.616176]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x110
[  136.616186]  genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
[  136.616195]  netlink_unicast+0x19b/0x290
[  136.616206]  netlink_sendmsg+0x222/0x490
[  136.616215]  __sys_sendto+0x1fd/0x210
[  136.616233]  __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
[  136.616242]  do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160
[  136.616252]  ? __sys_recvmsg+0x83/0xe0
[  136.616265]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x10/0x210
[  136.616275]  ? do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x160
[  136.616282]  ? __count_memcg_events+0xa1/0x130
[  136.616295]  ? count_memcg_events.constprop.0+0x1a/0x30
[  136.616306]  ? handle_mm_fault+0xae/0x2d0
[  136.616319]  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x379/0x670
[  136.616328]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x45/0xa0
[  136.616340]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x45/0xa0
[  136.616349]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x45/0xa0
[  136.616359]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[  136.616369] RIP: 0033:0x7fd30ba7b047
[  136.616376] Code: 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b8 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d bd d5 0c 00 00 41 89 ca 74 10 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 71 c3 55 48 83 ec 30 44 89 4c 24 2c 4c 89 44
[  136.616381] RSP: 002b:00007ffde1796d68 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
[  136.616388] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055d7bd89f2a0 RCX: 00007fd30ba7b047
[  136.616392] RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 000055d7bd89f3b0 RDI: 0000000000000003
[  136.616396] RBP: 00007ffde1796e10 R08: 00007fd30bb4e200 R09: 000000000000000c
[  136.616399] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000055d7bd89f340
[  136.616403] R13: 000055d7bd89f3b0 R14: 000055d78943f200 R15: 0000000000000000

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ 02cbfba1add5bd9088c7d14c6b93b77a6ea8f3bb; < 018ff57fd79c38be989b8b3248bbe69bcfb77160 (affected, git); ≥ 02cbfba1add5bd9088c7d14c6b93b77a6ea8f3bb; < 326e384ee7acbebf0541ac064ac7a4dd1f1dde1d (affected, git); ≥ 02cbfba1add5bd9088c7d14c6b93b77a6ea8f3bb; < f77bf1ebf8ff6301ccdbc346f7b52db928f9cbf8 (affected, git). Source: CNA: Linux
- Linux / Linux: 6.7 (affected); ≥ 0; < 6.7 (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.12.37; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.15.6; ≤ 6.15.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.16; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.18% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 7.36%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018ff57fd79c38be989b8b3248bbe69bcfb77160 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/326e384ee7acbebf0541ac064ac7a4dd1f1dde1d (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77bf1ebf8ff6301ccdbc346f7b52db928f9cbf8 (CNA: Linux)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38402; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-38402; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: 7ae32c36605fcb9a31612f87e0c7cfa75bfa268545524b4b2a5098c6b41d511e

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