CVE-2025-21870

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

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

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 10.1% 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

2025-03-27 13:38Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:55Z1 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5143018783b2dffea9d77f97ef556dcbc9774c7450afab7c35408c8da226a1e1

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87c8768a96092ce75cd47fe076db5080db7ac515
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c6c2e5801aab09ef1ef99f248f3cd323c3f152
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd60136d256b3b948333ebdb3835f41a95ab7ef