{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2025-02-27T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out()",
    "id" : "2348601",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348601"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.1",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-416",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nvrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out()\nl3mdev_l3_out() can be called without RCU being held:\nraw_sendmsg()\nip_push_pending_frames()\nip_send_skb()\nip_local_out()\n__ip_local_out()\nl3mdev_ip_out()\nAdd rcu_read_lock() / rcu_read_unlock() pair to avoid\na potential UAF.", "A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. l3mdev_l3_out() can be called without RCU being held, causing damage to the availability of the system." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20095",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1",
    "package" : "kernel-0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-11-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:20518",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:2352",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.86.1.el9_6"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21791\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21791\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022609-CVE-2025-21791-6074@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-21791",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}