CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21924

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's hns3 network driver (Huawei), a vulnerability exists where the PTP (Precision Time Protocol) clock is not unregistered and freed if hclge_ptp_get_cycle returns an error, leading to resource leaks.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces resource exhaustion and potential network time synchronization issues due to improper PTP clock management.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that calls hclge_ptp_destroy_clock when hclge_ptp_get_cycle fails.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: make sure ptp clock is unregister and freed if hclge_ptp_get_cycle returns an error During the initialization of ptp, hclge_ptp_get_cycle might return an error and returned directly without unregister clock and free it. To avoid that, call hclge_ptp_destroy_clock to unregist and free clock if hclge_ptp_get_cycle failed.

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