CVE-2025-21763 (GCVE-0-2025-21763)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-27 02:18
Modified
2026-05-12 12:03
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify() __neigh_notify() can be called without RTNL or RCU protection. Use RCU protection to avoid potential UAF.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
Version: 426b5303eb435d98b9bee37a807be386bc2b3320
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