CVE-2025-21700 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 13
Latest updateNov 21
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another
Lion Ackermann was able to create a UAF which can be abused for privilege
escalation with the following script
Step 1. create root qdisc
tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1:0 drr
step2. a class for packet aggregation do demonstrate uaf
tc class add dev lo classid 1:1 drr
step3. a class for nesting
tc class add dev lo classid 1:2 drr
step4. a class to gr…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — cd796e269123e1994bfc4e99dd76680ba0946a97+8