CVE-2025-22053: Linux kernel · net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:34 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 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.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in the Linux kernel by adding proper locking to the ibmveth driver functions. Users should update to a kernel version that includes this fix once available. Until then, avoid concurrent writes to the affected sysfs pool attributes to prevent hangs.
Description
CVE-2025-22053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ibmveth network driver. The flaw caused the veth_pool_store function to hang due to improper synchronization when multiple threads accessed it concurrently via sysfs. This could lead to system hangs when writing to specific pool attributes. The issue was resolved by adding proper locking with rtnl_mutex to synchronize veth_pool_store with related functions, preventing multiple consecutive calls to napi_disable that caused the hang.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22053 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/053f3ff67d7feefc75797863f3d84b47ad47086f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e458c292f4c687dcf5aad32dd4836d03cd2191f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86cc70f5c85dc09bf7f3e1eee380eefe73c90765 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a88bb092f4208355880b9fdcc69d491aa297595 (opens in a new tab)