CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21661

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the gpio-virtuser module was found due to missing cleanup of the lookup table after a failed virtual GPIO device probe. This leads to inability to retry the device and memory leaks.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes memory leaks and blocking the ability to retry the virtual GPIO device, potentially affecting embedded or IoT systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-21661.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix missing lookup table cleanups When a virtuser device is created via configfs and the probe fails due to an incorrect lookup table, the table is not removed. This prevents subsequent probe attempts from succeeding, even if the issue is corrected, unless the device is released. Additionally, cleanup is also needed in the less likely case of platform_device_register_full() failure. Besides, a consistent memory leak in lookup_table->dev_id was spotted using kmemleak by toggling the live state between 0 and 1 with a correct lookup table. Introduce gpio_virtuser_remove_lookup_table() as the counterpart to the existing gpio_virtuser_make_lookup_table() and call it from all necessary points to ensure proper cleanup.

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