# CVE-2025-37911: bnxt_en: Fix out-of-bound memcpy() during ethtool -w

> A local attacker can trigger memory corruption in the bnxt_en driver via ethtool, potentially causing a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

- **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:** 20 May 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-37911, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37911, GHSA-5j2x-7h59-8p55, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-37911, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-37911, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37911, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37911, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37911

## What is CVE-2025-37911?

CVE-2025-37911 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 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:

bnxt_en: Fix out-of-bound memcpy() during ethtool -w

When retrieving the FW coredump using ethtool, it can sometimes cause
memory corruption:

BUG: KFENCE: memory corruption in __bnxt_get_coredump+0x3ef/0x670 [bnxt_en]
Corrupted memory at 0x000000008f0f30e8 [ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ] (in kfence-#45):
__bnxt_get_coredump+0x3ef/0x670 [bnxt_en]
ethtool_get_dump_data+0xdc/0x1a0
__dev_ethtool+0xa1e/0x1af0
dev_ethtool+0xa8/0x170
dev_ioctl+0x1b5/0x580
sock_do_ioctl+0xab/0xf0
sock_ioctl+0x1ce/0x2e0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x87/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xf0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0x80

...

This happens when copying the coredump segment list in
bnxt_hwrm_dbg_dma_data() with the HWRM_DBG_COREDUMP_LIST FW command.
The info->dest_buf buffer is allocated based on the number of coredump
segments returned by the FW.  The segment list is then DMA'ed by
the FW and the length of the DMA is returned by FW.  The driver then
copies this DMA'ed segment list to info->dest_buf.

In some cases, this DMA length may exceed the info->dest_buf length
and cause the above BUG condition.  Fix it by capping the copy
length to not exceed the length of info->dest_buf.  The extra
DMA data contains no useful information.

This code path is shared for the HWRM_DBG_COREDUMP_LIST and the
HWRM_DBG_COREDUMP_RETRIEVE FW commands.  The buffering is different
for these 2 FW commands.  To simplify the logic, we need to move
the line to adjust the buffer length for HWRM_DBG_COREDUMP_RETRIEVE
up, so that the new check to cap the copy length will work for both
commands.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37911?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37911?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37911 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37911 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37911 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 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-2025-37911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2025-37911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37911/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37911
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37911
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37911

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37911/
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