CVE-2025-21893

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.12.21 and 6.13.0-6.13.9 - Use-After-Free in key_put()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: keys: Fix UAF in key_put() Once a key's reference count has been reduced to 0, the garbage collector thread may destroy it at any time and so key_put() is not allowed to touch the key after that point. The most key_put() is normally allowed to do is to touch key_gc_work as that's a static global variable. However, in an effort to speed up the reclamation of quota, this is now done in key_put() once the key's usage is reduced to 0 - but now the code is looking at the key after the deadline, which is forbidden. Fix this by using a flag to indicate that a key can be gc'd now rather than looking at the key's refcount in the garbage collector.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.12.21linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.12.21 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.9 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 9578e327b2b4935a25d49e3891b8fcca9b6c10c6 - 6afe2ea2daec156bd94ad2c5a6f4f4c48240dcd3
Linux/Linux 9578e327b2b4935a25d49e3891b8fcca9b6c10c6 - 75845c6c1a64483e9985302793dbf0dfa5f71e32
Linux/Linux 9578e327b2b4935a25d49e3891b8fcca9b6c10c6 - f6a3cf833188e897c97028cd7b926e3f2cb1a8c0
... and 2 more
Published Mar 31, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026