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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-21863 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: prevent opcode speculation sqe->opcode is used for different tables, make sure we santitise it against speculations.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e988c3fe1264708f4f92109203ac5b1d65de50b Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506b9b5e8c2d2a411ea8fe361333f5081c56d23a Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9826e3b26ec031e9063f64a7c735449c43955e4 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdbfd52bd8b85ed6783365ff54c82ab7067bd61b Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.6		Up to (excluding)
6.6.80
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
6.7		Up to (excluding)
6.12.17
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
6.13		Up to (excluding)
6.13.5
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-21863
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2025
NVD Last Modified:
03/13/2025
Source:
kernel.org