# CVE-2025-37825: nvmet: fix out-of-bounds access in nvmet_enable_port

> An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel NVMe target driver can cause a system crash when enabling a port without a configured transport.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 8 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-37825, GHSA-mcjv-6q8c-83q6, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-37825, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37825

## What is CVE-2025-37825?

CVE-2025-37825 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 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:

nvmet: fix out-of-bounds access in nvmet_enable_port

When trying to enable a port that has no transport configured yet,
nvmet_enable_port() uses NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX (255) to query the transports
array, causing an out-of-bounds access:

[  106.058694] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in nvmet_enable_port+0x42/0x1da
[  106.058719] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff89dafa58 by task ln/632
[...]
[  106.076026] nvmet: transport type 255 not supported

Since commit 200adac75888, NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX is the default state as configured by
nvmet_ports_make().
Avoid this by checking for NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX before proceeding.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37825?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37825?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37825 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-2025-37825 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37825 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 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-2025-37825 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-2025-37825/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37825/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37825
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37825
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37825

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37825/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.