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CVE-2025-21761

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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.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e85a25d1a9985645e796039e843d1de581d2de1e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a884f57600e463f69d7b279c4598b865260b62a1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8816b3f1f151373fd30f1996f00480126c8bb11

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a849a10de5e04d798f7f286a2f1ca174719a617a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90b2f49a502fa71090d9f4fe29a2f51fe5dff76d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec57509c36c8b9a23e50b7858dda0c520a2d074

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e01abc34e87abd091e619161a20f54ed4e3e2da

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5828937742af74666192835d657095d95c53dbd0

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-27

Updated: 2026-05-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00016

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