CVE-2025-21764 (GCVE-0-2025-21764)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-27 02:18 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:37
VLAI?
Title
ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb() ndisc_alloc_skb() can be called without RTNL or RCU being held. Add RCU protection to avoid possible UAF.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < 96fc896d0e5b37c12808df797397fb16f3080879 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < c30893ef3d9cde8e7e8e4fd06b53d2c935bbccb1 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < b870256dd2a5648d5ed2f22316b3ac29a7e5ed63 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < 3c2d705f5adf5d860aaef90cb4211c0fde2ba66d (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < 9e0ec817eb41a55327a46cd3ce331a9868d60304 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < bbec88e4108e8d6fb468d3817fa652140a44ff28 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < cd1065f92eb7ff21b9ba5308a86f33d1670bf926 (git)
Affected: de09334b9326632bbf1a74bfd8b01866cbbf2f61 , < 628e6d18930bbd21f2d4562228afe27694f66da9 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.291 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.235 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.179 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.129 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.79 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.16 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13.4 , ≤ 6.13.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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