Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU114741

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-021701

Published: September 2, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU114741

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-021701

CWE-ID: CWE-362

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in net/ethtool/netlink.c. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.

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