CVE-2025-21993: Linux kernel · iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic()
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Apr 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic() When performing an iSCSI boot using IPv6, iscsistart still reads the /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernetX/subnet-mask entry. Since the IPv6 prefix length is 64, this causes the shift exponent to become negative, triggering a UBSAN warning. As the concept of a subnet mask does not apply to IPv6, the value is set to ~0 to suppress the warning message.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21993 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e0d99a2f701123ad3104c0f1a1e66bce74d6e5 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1eef248107bdf3d5a69d0fde04c30a79a7bf5d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bfa80c8aa4e06dff55a953c3fffbfc68a3a3b1c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a858cd58dea06cf85b142673deea8c5d87f11e70 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b253660fac5e0e9080d2c95e3a029e1898d49afb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b388e185bfad32bfed6a97a6817f74ca00a4318f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c6e527470e5eab0b2d57bd073530fbace39eab (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f763c82db8166e28f45b7cc4a5398a7859665940 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html (opens in a new tab)