CVE-2025-21802 — Improper Resource Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.48%
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:
net: hns3: fix oops when unload drivers paralleling
When unload hclge driver, it tries to disable sriov first for each
ae_dev node from hnae3_ae_dev_list. If user unloads hns3 driver at
the time, because it removes all the ae_dev nodes, and it may cause
oops.
But we can't simply use hnae3_common_lock for this. Because in the
process flow of pci_disable_sriov(), it will trigger the remove flow
of VF, which will also take hnae3…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxd36b15e3e7b5937cb1f6ac590a85facc3a320642 — 622d92a67656e5c4d2d6ccac02d688ed995418c6+10
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
28OSV▶
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