In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: don't revert iter for -EIOCBQUEUED blkdev_read_iter() has a few odd checks, like gating the position and count adjustment on whether or not the result is bigger-than-or-equal to zero (where bigger than makes more sense), and not checking the return value of blkdev_direct_IO() before doing an iov_iter_revert(). The latter can lead to attempting to revert with a negative value, which when passed to iov_iter_revert() as an unsigned value will lead to throwing a WARN_ON() because unroll is bigger than MAX_RW_COUNT. Be sane and don't revert for -EIOCBQUEUED, like what is done in other spots.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-21832 is rated Low Risk (24.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.03% | 0.17% | +0.14% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.05% | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-21832 unimportant 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-2025-21832 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21832 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21832/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-21832 medium 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, ignored 152, released 136, needed 75, not-affected 43. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21832 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.17.1, < 6.1.129 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.78 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.13.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* |