CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21687

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's vfio/platform driver, lack of bounds checking for count and offset arguments from userspace in read/write syscalls. Limiting offset to 40 bits does not prevent out-of-bounds device access.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can read or write data beyond the device's allowed range, leading to information disclosure or system corruption.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds bounds validation for count and offset in vfio/platform read/write syscalls.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/platform: check the bounds of read/write syscalls count and offset are passed from user space and not checked, only offset is capped to 40 bits, which can be used to read/write out of bounds of the device.

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