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CVE-2025-21766 (GCVE-0-2025-21766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-27 02:18 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:54
VLAI
Title
ipv4: use RCU protection in __ip_rt_update_pmtu()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: use RCU protection in __ip_rt_update_pmtu() __ip_rt_update_pmtu() must use RCU protection to make sure the net structure it reads does not disappear.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < ce3c6165fce0f06305c806696882a3ad4b90e33f (git)
Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < ea07480b23225942208f1b754fea1e7ec486d37e (git)
Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < 9b1766d1ff5fe496aabe9fc5f4e34e53f35c11c4 (git)
Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < 4583748b65dee4d61bd50a2214715b4237bc152a (git)
Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < a39f61d212d822b3062d7f70fa0588e50e55664e (git)
Affected: 2fbc6e89b2f1403189e624cabaf73e189c5e50c6 , < 139512191bd06f1b496117c76372b2ce372c9a41 (git)
Affected: f415c264176e6095e9dee823e09c5bdd0ee0d337 (git)
Affected: 98776a365da509ad923083ae54b38ee521c52742 (git)
Affected: 860e2cc78c697c95bc749abb20047239fa1722ea (git)
Affected: 2b1be6c925cdf4638811765a9160796291494b89 (git)
Affected: 4.14.200 , < 4.15 (semver)
Affected: 4.19.148 , < 4.20 (semver)
Affected: 5.4.68 , < 5.5 (semver)
Affected: 5.8.12 , < 5.9 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.179 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.129 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.79 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.16 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13.4 , ≤ 6.13.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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