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CVE-2025-21790

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredFeb 27, 2025UpdatedNov 3, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: check vxlan_vnigroup_init() return value vxlan_init() must check vxlan_vnigroup_init() success otherwise a crash happens later, spotted by syzbot. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000002c: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000160-0x0000000000000167] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7313 Comm: syz-executor147 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc1-syzkaller-00276-g69b54314c975 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:vxlan_vnigroup_uninit+0x89/0x500 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:912 Code: 00 48 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b b0 98 41 00 00 49 8d 86 60 01 00 00 48 89 c2 48 89 44 24 10 48 b8 00 00…

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.23%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
3
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.22% → 0.23% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Feb 27, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 3, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7703-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Aug 20, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7703-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Aug 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7719-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities