CVE-2025-21679

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.8% 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

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2026-05-11 21:04Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-12-29

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-253Incorrect Check of Function Return ValueBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b16755cdc921ffdc66b3b2fa3ee7ab18f3b9554d3a4e267ccfda2d051e8ff2d5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fb5741932b831eded49bfaaf33353e96200d6d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe4de594f7a2e9bc49407de60fbd20809fad4192