{"id":"CVE-2025-37997","revision":"78459508bbed458e9bc9d6658320b59e","records":[{"revision":"78459508bbed458e9bc9d6658320b59e","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2025-37997","aliases":[],"title":"netfilter: ipset: fix region locking in hash types","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ipset: fix region locking in hash types\n\nRegion locking introduced in v5.6-rc4 contained three macros to handle\nthe region locks: ahash_bucket_start(), ahash_bucket_end() which gave\nback the start and end hash bucket values belonging to a given region\nlock and ahash_region() which should give back the region lock belonging\nto a given hash bucket. The latter was incorrect which can lead to a\nrace condition between the garbage collector and adding new elements\nwhen a hash type of set is defined with timeouts.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-05-29T13:15:55.58+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T21:52:05.816+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"00cfc5fad1491796942a948808afb968a0a3f35b\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"226ce0ec38316d9e3739e73a64b6b8304646c658\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"82c1eb32693bc48251d92532975e19160987e5b9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"aa77294b0f73bb8265987591460cd25b8722c3df\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a3dfec485401943e315c394c29afe2db8f9481d6\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"e2ab67672b2288521a6146034a971f9a82ffc5c5\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"6e002ecc1c8cfdfc866b9104ab7888da54613e59\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"8478a729c0462273188263136880480729e9efca\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.4.24\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.4.294\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n          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   \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.6\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.4.294\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.4.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.10.238\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.10.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.15.183\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.139\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.91\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.29\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.14.7\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.14.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.15\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 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