CVE-2025-21673

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-01-31 11:25Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:53Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-12-29

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ec728f0f0f054039fc015cc7d8590b93d30c030fd489d592f052b7851c0f944e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ea68070338518a1d31ce71e6abfe1b30001b27a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2be5f2ba34d0c6d5ef2624b24e3d852561fcd6a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2f9906a7b333ba757a7dbae0713d8a5396186e