Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21649)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21649). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is sent on HIP08 devices
Currently, HIP08 devices does not register the ptp devices, so the
hdev->ptp is NULL. But the tx process would still try to set hardware time
stamp info with SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP flag and cause a kernel crash.
[ 128.087798] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018
...
[ 128.280251] pc : hclge_ptp_set_tx_info+0x2c/0x140 [hclge]
[ 128.286600] lr : hclge_ptp_set_tx_info+0x20/0x140 [hclge]
[ 128.292938] sp : ffff800059b93140
[ 128.297200] x29: ffff800059b93140 x28: 0000000000003280
[ 128.303455] x27: ffff800020d48280 x26: ffff0cb9dc814080
[ 128.309715] x25: ffff0cb9cde93fa0 x24: 0000000000000001
[ 128.315969] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000194
[ 128.322219] x21: ffff0cd94f986000 x20: 0000000000000000
[ 128.328462] x19: ffff0cb9d2a166c0 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 128.334698] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffcf1fc523ed24
[ 128.340934] x15: 0000ffffd530a518 x14: 0000000000000000
[ 128.347162] x13: ffff0cd6bdb31310 x12: 0000000000000368
[ 128.353388] x11: ffff0cb9cfbc7070 x10: ffff2cf55dd11e02
[ 128.359606] x9 : ffffcf1f85a212b4 x8 : ffff0cd7cf27dab0
[ 128.365831] x7 : 0000000000000a20 x6 : ffff0cd7cf27d000
[ 128.372040] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 000000000000ffff
[ 128.378243] x3 : 0000000000000400 x2 : ffffcf1f85a21294
[ 128.384437] x1 : ffff0cb9db520080 x0 : ffff0cb9db500080
[ 128.390626…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21649 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21649" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-21649 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-21649 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21649 linux Fixed in: 6.1.190-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21649 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com