CVE-2025-21871Infinite Loop in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 27
Latest updateJan 27

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: optee: Fix supplicant wait loop OP-TEE supplicant is a user-space daemon and it's possible for it be hung or crashed or killed in the middle of processing an OP-TEE RPC call. It becomes more complicated when there is incorrect shutdown ordering of the supplicant process vs the OP-TEE client application which can eventually lead to system hang-up waiting for the closure of the client application. Allow the client process

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 Packages7 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.125.4.291+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.237-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-216.236+2
CVEListV5linux/linux4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad23eb4911364c764572e9db4ab900a57689a54e8ce+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

41
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-09-03
OSV
linux-gke, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-08-28
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-08-26
OSV
linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-08-21
OSV
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-08-20

📋Vendor Advisories

42
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex: CVE-2025-218712026-01-27
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-08-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-08-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2025-08-21