CVE-2025-21835
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_midi: fix MIDI Streaming descriptor lengths While the MIDI jacks are configured correctly, and the MIDIStreaming endpoint descriptors are filled with the correct information, bNumEmbMIDIJack and bLength are set incorrectly in these descriptors. This does not matter when the numbers of in and out ports are equal, but when they differ the host will receive broken descriptors with uninitialized stack memory leaking into the descriptor for whichever value is smaller. The precise meaning of "in" and "out" in the port counts is not clearly defined and can be confusing. But elsewhere the driver consistently uses this to match the USB meaning of IN and OUT viewed from the host, so that "in" ports send data to the host and "out" ports receive data from it.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.291
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.235
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.179
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.129
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.79
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.16
- Linux Kernel < 6.13.4
- Linux Kernel 6.14
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-21835.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-21835. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a983390d14e8498f303fc5cb23ab7d696b815db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ae6dee9f005a2f3b739b85abb6f14a0935699e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b16761a928796e4b49e89a0b1ac284155172726
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f36a89dcb78cb7e37f487b04a16396ac18c0636
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6860a9c11301b052225ca8825f8d2b1a5825bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d0694e1f111379c1efdf439dadd3cfd959fe9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e86700c8a8cf415e300a0921acd6a8f9b494f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da1668997052ed1cb00322e1f3b63702615c9429
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a983390d14e8498f303fc5cb23ab7d696b815db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ae6dee9f005a2f3b739b85abb6f14a0935699e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b16761a928796e4b49e89a0b1ac284155172726
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f36a89dcb78cb7e37f487b04a16396ac18c0636
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6860a9c11301b052225ca8825f8d2b1a5825bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d0694e1f111379c1efdf439dadd3cfd959fe9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e86700c8a8cf415e300a0921acd6a8f9b494f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da1668997052ed1cb00322e1f3b63702615c9429
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html