CVE-2025-21655Use After Free in Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 20
Latest updateMay 29

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/eventfd: ensure io_eventfd_signal() defers another RCU period io_eventfd_do_signal() is invoked from an RCU callback, but when dropping the reference to the io_ev_fd, it calls io_eventfd_free() directly if the refcount drops to zero. This isn't correct, as any potential freeing of the io_ev_fd should be deferred another RCU grace period. Just call io_eventfd_put() rather than open-code the dec-and-test and free, whic

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.16.1.125+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.128-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-60.63
CVEListV5linux/linux21a091b970cdbcf3e8ff829234b51be6f91927666b63308c28987c6010b1180c72a6db4df6c68033+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.128-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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