CVE-2025-21762CWE-416

CVE-2025-21762

High · published February 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit()

arp_xmit() can be called without RTNL or RCU protection.

Use RCU protection to avoid potential UAF.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00660 · 51.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-02-27T08:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.4, < 5.4.2915.4.291
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2355.10.235
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1795.15.179
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1296.1.129
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.796.6.79
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.166.12.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.13.46.13.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 02:18Z
    arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit()
    cvelistv5