CVE-2025-37875
CVE-2025-37875CVE-2025-37875
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igc: fix PTM cycle trigger logic
Writing to clear the PTM status 'valid' bit while the PTM cycle is
triggered results in unreliable PTM operation. To fix this, clear the
PTM 'trigger' and status after each PTM transaction.
The issue can be reproduced with the following:
$ sudo phc2sys -R 1000 -O 0 -i tsn0 -m
Note: 1000 Hz (-R 1000) is unrealistically large, but provides a way to
quickly reproduce the issue.
PHC2SYS exits with:
"ioctl PTP_OFFSET_PRECISE: Connection timed out" when the PTM transaction
fails
This patch also fixes a hang in igc_probe() when loading the igc
driver in the kdump kernel on systems supporting PTM.
The igc driver running in the base kernel enables PTM trigger in
igc_probe(). Therefore the driver is always in PTM trigger mode,
except in brief periods when manually triggering a PTM cycle.
When a crash occurs, the NIC is reset while PTM trigger is enabled.
Due to a hardware problem, th
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-11-05 |