CVE-2025-21791CWE-416

CVE-2025-21791

High · published February 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out()

l3mdev_l3_out() can be called without RCU being held:

raw_sendmsg()

ip_push_pending_frames()

ip_send_skb()

ip_local_out()

__ip_local_out()

l3mdev_ip_out()

Add rcu_read_lock() / rcu_read_unlock() pair to avoid

a potential UAF.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00268 · 18.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-02-27T08:15Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.9, < 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 (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 02:18Z
    vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out()
    cvelistv5