CVE-2025-21998

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: uefisecapp: fix efivars registration race Since the conversion to using the TZ allocator, the efivars service is registered before the memory pool has been allocated, something which can lead to a NULL-pointer dereference in case of a racing EFI variable access. Make sure that all resources have been set up before registering the efivars.
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:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-476
CWE-367
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8d493a80993972c427002684d0742560f3be4a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8d493a80993972c427002684d0742560f3be4a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e37b381a7a243c298a4858fc0a5a74e737c79a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e37b381a7a243c298a4858fc0a5a74e737c79a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15a2b96a0e41c426c63a932d0e63cde7b9784aa - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15a2b96a0e41c426c63a932d0e63cde7b9784aa - Patch
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux

03 Apr 2025, 08:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-03 08:15

Updated : 2025-04-10 16:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-21998

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21998


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition