CVE-2025-21769 — Resource Injection in Linux

CWE-99 — Resource Injection5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: vmclock: Add .owner to vmclock_miscdev_fops Without the .owner field, the module can be unloaded while /dev/vmclock0 is open, leading to an oops.

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 Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.13 — 6.13.4+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux20503272422693d793b84f88bf23fe4e955d3a33 — 3b5709225b43ee33e1026dd1fc0949a7f19b5289+2
▶debiandebian/linux

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-21769: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: vmclock: Add↗2025-02-27
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GHSA
GHSA-g2f3-xcg7-rxp6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: vmclock: Add↗2025-02-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: ptp: vmclock: Add .owner to vmclock_miscdev_fops↗2025-02-27
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Debian
CVE-2025-21769: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: vmcloc...↗2025
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