CVE-2025-21992: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-21992 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 54 · Related 49Timeline
- 02-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: ignore non-functional sensor in HP 5MP Camera The HP 5MP Camera (USB ID 0408:5473) reports a HID sensor interface that is not actually implemented. Attempting to access this non-functional sensor via iio_info causes system hangs as runtime PM tries to wake up an unresponsive sensor. [453] hid-sensor-hub 0003:0408:5473.0003: Report latency attributes: ffffffff:ffffffff [453] hid-sensor-hub 0003:0408:5473.0003: common attributes: 5:1, 2:1, 3:1 ffffffff:ffffffff Add this device to the HID ignore list since the sensor interface is non-functional by design and should not be exposed to userspace.
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
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu138 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-218.238 | < 5.15.0-142.152 | < 6.8.0-84.84
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1147.157 | < 5.15.0-1086.93 | < 6.8.0-1039.41
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ e04955db6a7c3fc4a1e6978649b61a6f5f8028e3, < 7a7ada33879a631b05b536e66d1c5b1219d3bade | ≥ e04955db6a7c3fc4a1e6978649b61a6f5f8028e3, < 6ca3d4d87af406a390a34ea924ab65c517e6e132 | ≥ e04955db6a7c3fc4a1e6978649b61a6f5f8028e3, < 920ea73215dbf948b661b88a79cb47b7f96adfbd | ≥ e04955db6a7c3fc4a1e6978649b61a6f5f8028e3, < 363236d709e75610b628c2a4337ccbe42e454b6d | 6.3
- linux_kernel< 5.4.292 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.236 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.180 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.132 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.84 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.20 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.8 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.133-1 | < 6.12.20-1
3 vendors · 141 products