Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-21946
Published: April 2, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106656
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21946
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the parse_sid() and parse_sec_desc() functions in fs/smb/server/smbacl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-21946
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/159d059cbcb0e6d0e7a7b34af3862ba09a6b22d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a9831180d0b23b5c97e2bd841aefc8f82900172
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1569dbbe2d43041be9f3fef7ca08bec3b66ad1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e13e19063db24f94b690159d0633aaf72a0f03
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.19
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.13.7
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.83