CVE-2025-21763 (GCVE-0-2025-21763)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-27 02:18 – Updated: 2026-10-15 01:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify()
__neigh_notify() can be called without RTNL or RCU protection.
Use RCU protection to avoid potential UAF.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 17:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
12 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320 , < e1aed6be381bcd7f46d4ca9d7ef0f5f3d6a1be32
(git)
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guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.25
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.25 (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) |
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem |
Affected:
0 , < *
(custom)
|
guessed |
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