CVE-2025-21705 — Improper Input Validation in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: handle fastopen disconnect correctly
Syzbot was able to trigger a data stream corruption:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 9846 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:1024 __mptcp_clean_una+0xddb/0xff0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1024
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9846 Comm: syz-executor351 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2-syzkaller-00059-g00a5acdbf398 #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024
RIP: 0010:__mptcp…
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb7bb71dfb541df376c21c24451369fea83c4f327 — 73e268b4be27b36ae68ea10755cb003f43b38884+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22