CVE-2025-21832Unchecked Return Value in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateSep 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: don't revert iter for -EIOCBQUEUED blkdev_read_iter() has a few odd checks, like gating the position and count adjustment on whether or not the result is bigger-than-or-equal to zero (where bigger than makes more sense), and not checking the return value of blkdev_direct_IO() before doing an iov_iter_revert(). The latter can lead to attempting to revert with a negative value, which when passed to iov_iter_revert() as an

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.17.16.1.129+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.129-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-64.67
CVEListV5linux/linux3e1f941dd9f33776b3df4e30f741fe445ff773f36c26619effb1b4cb7d20b4e666ab8f71f6a53ccb+5
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

14
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-09-03
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22
OSV
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22

📋Vendor Advisories

14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2025-07-22
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-07-22