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CVE-2025-21708

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-27
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.291 / 5.10.235 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: rtl8150: enable basic endpoint checking Syzkaller reports [1] encountering a common issue of utilizing a wrong usb endpoint type during URB submitting stage. This, in turn, triggers a warning shown below. For now, enable simple endpoint checking (specifically, bulk and interrupt eps, testing control one is not essential) to mitigate the issue with a view to do other related cosmetic changes later, if they are necessary. [1] Syzkaller report: usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1 WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 2586 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503 usb_submit_urb+0xe4b/0x1730 driv> Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2586 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc4-syzkaller-00069-gfc88bb11617> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xe4b/0x1730 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503 Code: 84 3c 02 00 00 e8 05 e4 fc fc 4c 89 ef e8 fd 25 d7 fe 45 89 e0 89 e9 4c 89 f2 48 8> RSP: 0018:ffffc9000441f740 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888112487a00 RCX: ffffffff811a99a9 RDX: ffff88810df6ba80 RSI: ffffffff811a99b6 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: ffff8881023bf0a8 R14: ffff888112452a20 R15: ffff888112487a7c FS: 00007fc04eea5740(0000) GS:ffff8881f6300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f0a1de9f870 CR3: 000000010dbd0000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> rtl8150_open+0x300/0xe30 drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c:733 __dev_open+0x2d4/0x4e0 net/core/dev.c:1474 __dev_change_flags+0x561/0x720 net/core/dev.c:8838 dev_change_flags+0x8f/0x160 net/core/dev.c:8910 devinet_ioctl+0x127a/0x1f10 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1177 inet_ioctl+0x3aa/0x3f0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1003 sock_do_ioctl+0x116/0x280 net/socket.c:1222 sock_ioctl+0x22e/0x6c0 net/socket.c:1341 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x220 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fc04ef73d49 ... This change has not been tested on real hardware.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 2.6.13, < 5.4.291>= 5.5, < 5.10.235>= 5.11, < 5.15.179>= 5.16, < 6.1.129>= 6.2, < 6.6.76>= 6.7, < 6.12.13>= 6.13, < 6.13.2= 2.6.12

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.291 / 5.10.235 / 5.15.179 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2915.10.2355.15.179
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Minimum fixed kernel versions: 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.179, or 6.1.129 (choose based on your current kernel branch)

  1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which kernel branch your current version belongs to (e.g., 5.4.x, 5.10.x, 5.15.x, or 6.0.x/6.1.x)
  3. For kernel 5.4.x: upgrade to kernel version 5.4.291 or later
  4. For kernel 5.5-5.10.x: upgrade to kernel version 5.10.235 or later
  5. For kernel 5.11-5.15.x: upgrade to kernel version 5.15.179 or later
  6. For kernel 5.16-6.1.x: upgrade to kernel version 6.1.129 or later
  7. If using a distribution kernel (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, etc.), apply the distribution's security update that includes this fix
  8. Reboot the system after applying the kernel update
Caveat Kernel upgrades require system reboot; ensure compatibility with existing system configurations and installed modules

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