CVE-2025-21796
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Moderate: kernel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.14 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | 5.10.235 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.noarch.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 | 6.1.129-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd94884174bd20beb1773990fd3b1aa877688d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e59b2b68782519560b3d6a41dd66a3d01a01cd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d947315fb5f67a35e4e1d3e01bb886b9c6decf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f7cfee1a316891890c505563aa54f3476db52fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7faf14a7b0366f153284db0ad3347c457ea70136
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1737ae42c928384ab6447f6ee1a882510e85fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d871523142f7895f250a856f8c4a4181614510
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21796.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20518
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21796
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2298169
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2313092
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320259
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320455
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320616
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320722
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324549
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327203
CWEs
CWE-416
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