Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21876 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21876" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-21876 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 8.8
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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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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Identify exposureidentify
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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Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 6.10.0, < 6.12.18 ≥ 6.13.0, < 6.13.6 |
6.12.18 6.13.6 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-21876 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21876 linux Fixed in: 6.12.19-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21876 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Fix suspicious RCU usage
Commit ("iommu/vt-d: Allocate DMAR fault interrupts
locally") moved the call to enable_drhd_fault_handling() to a code
path that does not hold any lock while traversing the drhd list. Fix
it by ensuring the dmar_global_lock lock is held when traversing the
drhd list.
Without this fix, the following warning is triggered:
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
6.14.0-rc3 #55 Not tainted
drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c:2046 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
2 locks held by cpuhp/1/23:
#0: ffffffff84a67c50 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cpuhp_thread_fun+0x87/0x2c0
#1: ffffffff84a6a380 (cpuhp_state-up){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: cpuhp_thread_fun+0x87/0x2c0
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 23 Comm: cpuhp/1 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc3 #55
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0xb7/0xd0
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x159/0x1f0
? __pfx_enable_drhd_fault_handling+0x10/0x10
enable_drhd_fault_handling+0x151/0x180
cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x1df/0x990
cpuhp_thread_fun+0x1ea/0x2c0
smpboot_thread_fn+0x1f5/0x2e0
? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x12a/0x2d0
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x4a/0x60
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Holding the lock in enable_drhd_fa…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org