Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22111
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107743
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-2025-22111
CWE-ID: CWE-667
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 improper locking within the sock_write_iter(), brioctl_set(), br_ioctl_call(), sock_ioctl() and compat_sock_ioctl_trans() functions in net/socket.c, within the dev_ifsioc() and dev_ioctl() functions in net/core/dev_ioctl.c, within the old_deviceless() and br_ioctl_stub() functions in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-22111
Install update from vendor's website.