CVE-2025-21873: scsi: ufs: core: bsg: Fix crash when arpmb command fails
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-21873 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 27Timeline
- 27-03-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: core: bsg: Fix crash when arpmb command fails If the device doesn't support arpmb we'll crash due to copying user data in bsg_transport_sg_io_fn(). In the case where ufs_bsg_exec_advanced_rpmb_req() returns an error, do not set the job's reply_len. Memory crash backtrace: 3,1290,531166405,-;ufshcd 0000:00:12.5: ARPMB OP failed: error code -22 4,1308,531166555,-;Call Trace: 4,1309,531166559,-; <TASK> 4,1310,531166565,-; ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 4,1311,531166575,-; ? die+0x37/0xa0 4,1312,531166583,-; ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0 4,1313,531166593,-; ? do_error_trap+0x71/0xb0 4,1314,531166601,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1315,531166610,-; ? exc_invalid_op+0x52/0x80 4,1316,531166622,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1317,531166630,-; ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20 4,1318,531166643,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1319,531166652,-; __check_heap_object+0xe3/0x120 4,1320,531166661,-; check_heap_object+0x185/0x1d0 4,1321,531166670,-; __check_object_size.part.0+0x72/0x150 4,1322,531166679,-; __check_object_size+0x23/0x30 4,1323,531166688,-; bsg_transport_sg_io_fn+0x314/0x3b0
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu110 products
- linux< 6.8.0-84.84
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1039.41
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 6ff265fc5ef660499e0edc4641647e99eed3f519, < 32fb5ec825f6f76bc28902181c65429a904a07fe | ≥ 6ff265fc5ef660499e0edc4641647e99eed3f519, < 59455f968c1004ed897ba873237657745d81ce0f | ≥ 6ff265fc5ef660499e0edc4641647e99eed3f519, < 7e3c96ff5c5f3206984ed077b2aa8c9b7c4e0327 | ≥ 6ff265fc5ef660499e0edc4641647e99eed3f519, < f27a95845b01e86d67c8b014b4f41bd3327daa63 | 6.3
- linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.6.81 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.18 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.6 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2 | 6.14:rc3 | 6.14:rc4
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.12.19-1
3 vendors · 113 products