# CVE-2025-22056: netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix geneve_opt type confusion addition

> A type confusion error in the Linux kernel netfilter tunnel module allows heap out-of-bounds writes, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-61463, BELL-CVE-2025-22056, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22056, GHSA-7mx5-64fm-676w, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-22056, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22056

## What is CVE-2025-22056?

CVE-2025-22056 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix geneve_opt type confusion addition

When handling multiple NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_OPTS_GENEVE attributes, the
parsing logic should place every geneve_opt structure one by one
compactly. Hence, when deciding the next geneve_opt position, the
pointer addition should be in units of char *.

However, the current implementation erroneously does type conversion
before the addition, which will lead to heap out-of-bounds write.

[    6.989857] ==================================================================
[    6.990293] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nft_tunnel_obj_init+0x977/0xa70
[    6.990725] Write of size 124 at addr ffff888005f18974 by task poc/178
[    6.991162]
[    6.991259] CPU: 0 PID: 178 Comm: poc-oob-write Not tainted 6.1.132 #1
[    6.991655] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[    6.992281] Call Trace:
[    6.992423]  <TASK>
[    6.992586]  dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x5c
[    6.992801]  print_report+0x184/0x4be
[    6.993790]  kasan_report+0xc5/0x100
[    6.994252]  kasan_check_range+0xf3/0x1a0
[    6.994486]  memcpy+0x38/0x60
[    6.994692]  nft_tunnel_obj_init+0x977/0xa70
[    6.995677]  nft_obj_init+0x10c/0x1b0
[    6.995891]  nf_tables_newobj+0x585/0x950
[    6.996922]  nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xdf9/0x1020
[    6.998997]  nfnetlink_rcv+0x1df/0x220
[    6.999537]  netlink_unicast+0x395/0x530
[    7.000771]  netlink_sendmsg+0x3d0/0x6d0
[    7.001462]  __sock_sendmsg+0x99/0xa0
[    7.001707]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x409/0x450
[    7.002391]  ___sys_sendmsg+0xfd/0x170
[    7.003145]  __sys_sendmsg+0xea/0x170
[    7.004359]  do_syscall_64+0x5e/0x90
[    7.005817]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
[    7.006127] RIP: 0033:0x7ec756d4e407
[    7.006339] Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 faf
[    7.007364] RSP: 002b:00007ffed5d46760 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
[    7.007827] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ec756cc4740 RCX: 00007ec756d4e407
[    7.008223] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffed5d467f0 RDI: 0000000000000003
[    7.008620] RBP: 00007ffed5d468a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[    7.009039] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[    7.009429] R13: 00007ffed5d478b0 R14: 00007ec756ee5000 R15: 00005cbd4e655cb8

Fix this bug with correct pointer addition and conversion in parse
and dump code.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22056?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22056?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-22056 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22056 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22056 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22056/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22056/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22056
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22056
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22056

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22056/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.