Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21651)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21651). 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: don't auto enable misc vector
Currently, there is a time window between misc irq enabled
and service task inited. If an interrupte is reported at
this time, it will cause warning like below:
[ 16.324639] Call trace:
[ 16.324641] __queue_delayed_work+0xb8/0xe0
[ 16.324643] mod_delayed_work_on+0x78/0xd0
[ 16.324655] hclge_errhand_task_schedule+0x58/0x90 [hclge]
[ 16.324662] hclge_misc_irq_handle+0x168/0x240 [hclge]
[ 16.324666] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x64/0x1e0
[ 16.324667] handle_irq_event+0x80/0x170
[ 16.324670] handle_fasteoi_edge_irq+0x110/0x2bc
[ 16.324671] __handle_domain_irq+0x84/0xfc
[ 16.324673] gic_handle_irq+0x88/0x2c0
[ 16.324674] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
[ 16.324677] arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40
[ 16.324679] default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1bc
[ 16.324682] cpuidle_idle_call+0x18c/0x1c4
[ 16.324684] do_idle+0x174/0x17c
[ 16.324685] cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x6c
[ 16.324687] secondary_start_kernel+0x1a4/0x280
[ 16.324688] ---[ end trace 6aa0bff672a964aa ]---
So don't auto enable misc vector when request irq..
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21651 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21651" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-21651 (Linux kernel) — CWE-362 / CVSS v3 4.7
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-362) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.7/10). 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-2025-21651 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21651 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21651 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 git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com