What is CVE-2025-22101?

CVE-2025-22101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-22101?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-22101

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix Tx L4 checksum The hardware only supports L4 checksum offload for TCP/UDP/SCTP protocol. There was a bug to set Tx checksum flag for the other protocol that results in Tx ring hang. Fix to compute software checksum for these packets.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 3403960cdf86c967442dccc2bec981e0093f716e, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22101?: CVE-2025-22101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-22101?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.