CVE-2025-21729

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 10.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/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

2025-02-27 02:07Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:54Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-12-29

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

90bc575e55ed359eead10794c58406d2cc324509d07e445bd29d5bfd832d4719

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2403cb3c235d5e339b580cc3a825493769fadca8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5afcd6fcd1e1c1fd6bcc9a360c121d10eddade67
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba4bb0402c60e945c4c396c51f0acac3c3e3ea5c