7.8

CVE-2025-21901: RDMA/bnxt_re: Add sanity checks on rdev validity

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21901DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21901
Published 01-04-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21901 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1

Timeline

  1. 01-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Add sanity checks on rdev validity There is a possibility that ulp_irq_stop and ulp_irq_start callbacks will be called when the device is in detached state. This can cause a crash due to NULL pointer dereference as the rdev is already freed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu77 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ cc5b9b48d44756a87170f3901c6c2fd99e6b89b2, < aed1bc673907e3df372b317c10ff2f3582f8bf1a | ≥ cc5b9b48d44756a87170f3901c6c2fd99e6b89b2, < 8cb0eef46d70a99c88c26a1addb7fd955242e0e6 | ≥ cc5b9b48d44756a87170f3901c6c2fd99e6b89b2, < f0df225d12fcb049429fb5bf5122afe143c2dd15 | 6.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.12, < 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 · 80 products

References

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