CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21659

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the netdev module was found where NAPI IDs were not fully namespaced. The netlink interface must ensure that a NAPI instance belongs to the same network namespace as the genl socket owner.

Risk Assessment

The risk is potential access to NAPI instances from another network namespace, which could lead to information leaks or network disruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-21659.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdev: prevent accessing NAPI instances from another namespace The NAPI IDs were not fully exposed to user space prior to the netlink API, so they were never namespaced. The netlink API must ensure that at the very least NAPI instance belongs to the same netns as the owner of the genl sock. napi_by_id() can become static now, but it needs to move because of dev_get_by_napi_id().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS