CVE-2025-21756
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Important: kernel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 5.10.235 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-headers-5.14.0-570.17.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.16-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.12.16-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.12.16-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.237-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.133-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7903
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f43540166128951cc1be7ab1ce6b7f05c670d8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42b33381e5e1f2b967dc4fb4221ddb9aaf10d197
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645ce25aa0e67895b11d89f27bb86c9d444c40f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1afd40321f1c243cffbcf40ea7ca41aca87fa5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e48fcb403c2d0e574c19683f09399ab4cf67809c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7754d564579a5db9c5c9f74228df5d6dd6f1173
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcdd2242c0231032fc84e1404315c245ae56322a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:8057
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:8056
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21756.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21756
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348609
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2356605
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2363332
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-7903.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8056
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297490
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2309801
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8056.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8057
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.