CVE-2025-21683Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 31
Latest updateJul 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix bpf_sk_select_reuseport() memory leak As pointed out in the original comment, lookup in sockmap can return a TCP ESTABLISHED socket. Such TCP socket may have had SO_ATTACH_REUSEPORT_EBPF set before it was ESTABLISHED. In other words, a non-NULL sk_reuseport_cb does not imply a non-refcounted socket. Drop sk's reference in both error paths. unreferenced object 0xffff888101911800 (size 2048): comm "test_progs", pid 44

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.85.15.177+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-135.146+1
CVEListV5linux/linux64d85290d79c0677edb5a8ee2295b36c022fa5dfbb36838dac7bb334a3f3d7eb29875593ec9473fc+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.128-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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