CVE-2025-21703Use After Free in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Latest updateNov 21

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() notifies parent qdisc only if child qdisc becomes empty, therefore we need to reduce the backlog of the child qdisc before calling it. Otherwise it would miss the opportunity to call cops->qlen_notify(), in the case of DRR, it resulted in UAF since DRR uses ->qlen_notify() to maintain its active list.

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 Packages10 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.4.2885.4.291+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-214.234+1
CVEListV5linux/linux83c6ab12f08dcc09d4c5ac86fdb89736b28f1d31e395fec75ac2dbffc99b4bce57b7f1f3c5449f2c+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

18
OSV
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities2025-05-02
OSV
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities2025-05-02
OSV
linux-aws-5.15 vulnerabilities2025-04-29
OSV
linux-gcp-5.15 vulnerabilities2025-04-28
OSV
linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities2025-04-25

📋Vendor Advisories

22
Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2025-132232025-11-21
Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2025-217032025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities2025-05-02
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities2025-05-02
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities2025-04-29