CVE-2025-21950
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: virt: acrn: hsm: Use kzalloc to avoid info leak in pmcmd_ioctl In the "pmcmd_ioctl" function, three memory objects allocated by kmalloc are initialized by "hcall_get_cpu_state", which are then copied to user space. The initializer is indeed implemented in "acrn_hypercall2" (arch/x86/include/asm/acrn.h). There is a risk of information leakage due to uninitialized bytes.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, 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: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.179
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.131
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.83
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.19
- Linux Kernel < 6.13.7
- Linux Kernel 6.14
- Debian Linux 11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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.
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8f7a2caa7f9cdfd135e3f78eb9d7e36fb95083
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e15cf870d2c748e45d45ffc4d5b1dc1b7d50120
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524f29d78c9bdeb49f31f5b0376a07d2fc5cf563
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/819cec1dc47cdeac8f5dd6ba81c1dbee2a68c3bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c21b878f0e237f45209a324c903ea7fb05247d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e5031fe3f161c8eb5e84db1540bc4373ed861b
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8f7a2caa7f9cdfd135e3f78eb9d7e36fb95083
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e15cf870d2c748e45d45ffc4d5b1dc1b7d50120
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524f29d78c9bdeb49f31f5b0376a07d2fc5cf563
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/819cec1dc47cdeac8f5dd6ba81c1dbee2a68c3bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c21b878f0e237f45209a324c903ea7fb05247d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e5031fe3f161c8eb5e84db1540bc4373ed861b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html