PT-2025-8873
CVE-2025-21761
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Published
2025-02-07
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Updated
2026-10-21
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the openvswitch, specifically the
ovs vport cmd fill info() function, which can be called without RTNL or RCU protection. This could lead to a potential use-after-free (UAF) issue. To address this, RCU protection and dev net rcu() are used.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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