CVE-2025-21709 — Use of Uninitialized Variable in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernel: be more careful about dup_mmap() failures and uprobe registering
If a memory allocation fails during dup_mmap(), the maple tree can be left
in an unsafe state for other iterators besides the exit path. All the
locks are dropped before the exit_mmap() call (in mm/mmap.c), but the
incomplete mm_struct can be reached through (at least) the rmap finding
the vmas which have a pointer back to the mm_struct.
Up to this point…
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 Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxd2406291483775ecddaee929231a39c70c08fda2 — 74c2471eb891a7dcb3874b21c106cda75f52be30+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2025-21709: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel: be more careful about dup_mmap() failures and uprobe registering If a memo↗2025-02-27
GHSA▶
GHSA-vh2p-4gfm-v9v7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernel: be more careful about dup_mmap() failures and uprobe registering
If a me↗2025-02-27