CVE-2025-21761

high

Published 2025-02-27 · Modified 2026-05-12

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() can be called without RTNL or RCU. Use RCU protection and dev_net_rcu() to avoid potential UAF.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.129-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.237-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.12.16-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.12.16-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.16-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`5.4.291`
linux-kernel	6.14	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.