CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21785

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel for ARM64, a vulnerability was found in the cacheinfo subsystem due to an out-of-bounds write to the cacheinfo array. The detection loop did not account for cache levels with separate data/instruction caches, causing an out-of-bounds write.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of a kernel crash on ARM64 systems due to memory corruption, potentially disrupting system operations.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes cacheinfo on ARM64 by incrementing the index for each populated leaf instead of each populated level.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array The loop that detects/populates cache information already has a bounds check on the array size but does not account for cache levels with separate data/instructions cache. Fix this by incrementing the index for any populated leaf (instead of any populated level).

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