CVE-2025-21895Race Condition in Linux

CWE-362Race Condition39 documents6 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Order the PMU list to fix warning about unordered pmu_ctx_list Syskaller triggers a warning due to prev_epc->pmu != next_epc->pmu in perf_event_swap_task_ctx_data(). vmcore shows that two lists have the same perf_event_pmu_context, but not in the same order. The problem is that the order of pmu_ctx_list for the parent is impacted by the time when an event/PMU is added. While the order for a child is impacted by the

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.26.6.81+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.19-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-84.84
CVEListV5linux/linuxbd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57bf0c3971405cef6892844016aa710121a02da3a23+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.19-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

19
OSV
linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-10-15
OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-10-08
OSV
linux-oracle vulnerabilities2025-10-06
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-10-02
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-10-02

📋Vendor Advisories

19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2025-10-15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities2025-10-08
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2025-10-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-10-02
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-10-02
CVE-2025-21895 — Race Condition in Linux | cvebase