CVE-2025-21716 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource30 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: Fix uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump() KMSAN reported an uninit-value access in vxlan_vnifilter_dump() [1]. If the length of the netlink message payload is less than sizeof(struct tunnel_msg), vxlan_vnifilter_dump() accesses bytes beyond the message. This can lead to uninit-value access. Fix this by returning an error in such situations. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump+0x328/0x920 drivers/net/…

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 Packages8 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.18 — 6.1.129+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.129-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-64.67

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities↗2025-09-03
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-07-24
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OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-07-24
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OSV
linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22
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OSV
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
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-09-03
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22
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