CVE-2025-21840

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.13-6.13.3 - Denial of Service via THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY UAPI Change

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/netlink: Prevent userspace segmentation fault by adjusting UAPI header The intel-lpmd tool [1], which uses the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY attribute to receive HFI events from kernel space, encounters a segmentation fault after commit 1773572863c4 ("thermal: netlink: Add the commands and the events for the thresholds"). The issue arises because the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY raw value was changed while intel_lpmd still uses the old value. Although intel_lpmd can be updated to check the THERMAL_GENL_VERSION and use the appropriate THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY value, the commit itself is questionable. The commit introduced a new element in the middle of enum thermal_genl_attr, which affects many existing attributes and introduces potential risks and unnecessary maintenance burdens for userspace thermal netlink event users. Solve the issue by moving the newly introduced THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_PREV_TEMP attribute to the end of the enum thermal_genl_attr. This ensures that all existing thermal generic netlink attributes remain unaffected. [ rjw: Subject edits ]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.13
Linux/Linux 1773572863c43a14a3e45f0591f28b7dec1ee52a - 3a4ca365c51729143a2cab693cd40fe0bb585ef0
Linux/Linux 1773572863c43a14a3e45f0591f28b7dec1ee52a - c195b9c6ab9c383d7aa3f4a65879b3ca90cb378b
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux 6.13.4 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
linux/linux_kernel 6.14 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.13 - 6.13.4
Published Mar 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026