CVE-2025-21671
zram: fix potential UAF of zram table
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jan 31, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 29, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zram: fix potential UAF of zram table
If zram_meta_alloc failed early, it frees allocated zram->table without setting it NULL. Which will potentially cause zram_meta_free to access the table if user reset an failed and uninitialized device.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe3de867f94819ba0f28e035c0b0182150147d95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571d3f6045cd3a6d9f6aec33b678f3ffe97582ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/902ef8f16d5ca77edc77c30656be54186c1e99b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/212fe1c0df4a150fb6298db2cfff267ceaba5402
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
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