CVE-2025-21853

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freeze_mutex during mmap operation We use map->freeze_mutex to prevent races between map_freeze() and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freeze_mutex for entire duration of all the mm and VMA manipulations, which is completely unnecessary. This can potentially also lead to deadlocks, as reported by syzbot in [0]. So, instead, hold freeze_mutex only during writeability checks, bump (proactively) "write active" count for the map, unlock the mutex and proceed with mmap logic. And only if something went wrong during mmap logic, then undo that "write active" counter increment. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/678dcbc9.050a0220.303755.0066.GAE@google.com/
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 May 2025, 07:15

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce31c97c219b4fe797749f950274f246eb88c49 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d90d9e154144a3a80e9fc0eb9b21b7fc990f68f -

25 Apr 2025, 11:15

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4759acbd44d24a69b7b14848012ec4201d6c5501 -

13 Mar 2025, 16:30

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CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271e49f8a58edba65bc2b1250a0abaa98c4bfdbe - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271e49f8a58edba65bc2b1250a0abaa98c4bfdbe - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc27c52eea189e8f7492d40739b7746d67b65beb - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc27c52eea189e8f7492d40739b7746d67b65beb - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29cfda62ab4d92ab94123813db49ab76c1e61b29 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29cfda62ab4d92ab94123813db49ab76c1e61b29 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d95607a5f2f9bb08194c9deaf4a5f3e8ba59a9d4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d95607a5f2f9bb08194c9deaf4a5f3e8ba59a9d4 - Patch

12 Mar 2025, 10:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-12 10:15

Updated : 2025-05-02 07:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-21853

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21853


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel