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critical 9.8

CVE-2025-21805 in the critical feed json

RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

published 2025-02-27 20 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-5989

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the rnbd: list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff88800b13e480), but was ffff88801ecd1338. (prev=ffff88801ecd1340). WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 36562 at lib/list_debug.c:32 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0 Workqueue: ib_cm cm_work_handler [ib_cm] RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0 ib_register_event_handler+0x65/0x93 [ib_core] rtrs_srv_ib_dev_init+0x29/0x30 [rtrs_server] rtrs_ib_dev_find_or_add+0x124/0x1d0 [rtrs_core] __alloc_path+0x46c/0x680 [rtrs_server] ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server] ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40 ? __mutex_lock+0x312/0xcf0 ? get_or_create_srv+0xad/0x310 [rtrs_server] ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server] rtrs_rdma_connect+0x23c/0x2d0 [rtrs_server] ? __lock_release+0x1b1/0x2d0 cma_cm_event_handler+0x4a/0x1a0 [rdma_cm] cma_ib_req_handler+0x3a0/0x7e0 [rdma_cm] cm_process_work+0x28/0x1a0 [ib_cm] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2f/0x50 cm_req_handler+0x618/0xa60 [ib_cm] cm_work_handler+0x71/0x520 [ib_cm]

Commit 667db86bcbe8 ("RDMA/rtrs: Register ib event handler") introduced a new element .deinit but never used it at all. Fix it by invoking the `deinit()` to appropriately unregister the IB event handler.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.12.13, 6.13.2, 6.14
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21805

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-21805 updated

kernel: RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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