CVE-2025-21761 | openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() can be called without RTNL or RCU. Use RCU protection and dev_net_rcu() to avoid potential UAF.

Published: 2025-02-27 Last update: 2026-05-12 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-21761 is rated Low Risk (32.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21761

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-30 0.05% 0.01% -0.04%
2 2026-04-07 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 0.04%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21761

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-21761

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-21761

GHSA-q6cq-g5qv-hwc8 · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: use RCU...

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-21761

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-21761 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21761
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21761
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21761/
ubuntu high CVE-2025-21761 high priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 205, ignored 150, not-affected 50, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21761

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21761

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 5.4.291 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.235 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.179 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.129 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.79 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.16 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-21761

URL Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5828937742af74666192835d657095d95c53dbd0 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e01abc34e87abd091e619161a20f54ed4e3e2da Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec57509c36c8b9a23e50b7858dda0c520a2d074 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90b2f49a502fa71090d9f4fe29a2f51fe5dff76d Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a849a10de5e04d798f7f286a2f1ca174719a617a Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8816b3f1f151373fd30f1996f00480126c8bb11 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a884f57600e463f69d7b279c4598b865260b62a1 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e85a25d1a9985645e796039e843d1de581d2de1e Patch
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
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