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CVE-2025-21707 critical CVSS 9.8

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21707)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-21707). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: consolidate suboption status

MPTCP maintains the received sub-options status is the bitmask carrying
the received suboptions and in several bitfields carrying per suboption
additional info.

Zeroing the bitmask before parsing is not enough to ensure a consistent
status, and the MPTCP code has to additionally clear some bitfiled
depending on the actually parsed suboption.

The above schema is fragile, and syzbot managed to trigger a path where
a relevant bitfield is not cleared/initialized:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/options.c:1030 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/protocol.h:864 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ack_update_msk net/mptcp/options.c:1060 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mptcp_incoming_options+0x2036/0x3d30 net/mptcp/options.c:1209
__mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/options.c:1030 [inline]
mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/protocol.h:864 [inline]
ack_update_msk net/mptcp/options.c:1060 [inline]
mptcp_incoming_options+0x2036/0x3d30 net/mptcp/options.c:1209
tcp_data_queue+0xb4/0x7be0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5233
tcp_rcv_established+0x1061/0x2510 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6264
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x7f3/0x11a0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1916
tcp_v4_rcv+0x51df/0x5750 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2351
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2a3/0x13d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x336/0x500 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233
NF_HOOK…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21707 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21707" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-21707 (Linux kernel) — CWE-908 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-908) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

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

  1. 1
    Identify 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。

  2. 2
    Post-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。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.179"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.129"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.76"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.13"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.13.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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