# CVE-2025-23259: Race condition in Mellanox DPDK 20.11 > An attacker on a VM can exploit a race condition in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK to disclose information and cause denial of service on the network interface. - **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 4 Sep 2025 - **Updated:** 4 Sep 2025 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23259, GHSA-xq47-rgwp-c6c5, SUSE-SU-2025:4254-1, SUSE-SU-2025:4534-1, SUSE-SU-2026:0238-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20209-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20218-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23259, USN-7816-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:20148-1 ## What is CVE-2025-23259? CVE-2025-23259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 20.11, published on 4 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. ### Official description NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface. Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23259? | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `dpdk22` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 | | `dpdk-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 | | `dpdk` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 | All versions | 24.11.4-150700.3.6.1 | | `dpdk-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 | All versions | 24.11.4-150700.3.6.1 | | `dpdk22` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22-thunderx` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | All versions | 24.11.4-160000.1.1 | | `dpdk22` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | All versions | 24.11.4-160000.1.1 | | `dpdk` | SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2 | All versions | 24.11.4-160000.1.1 | | `dpdk` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 | | `dpdk-thunderx` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 | | `dpdk22` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk22-thunderx` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 | | `dpdk` | openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | All versions | 24.11.4-160000.1.1 | ## How do I fix CVE-2025-23259? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2025-23259 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23259 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23259 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2025-23259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 20.11, published on 4 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23259 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 20.11. 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-2025-23259/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23259/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23259 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23259 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23259 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23259/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.