CVE-2025-21837 Affecting kernel-64k package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNEL64K-9373822
  • published8 Mar 2025
  • disclosed7 Mar 2025

Introduced: 7 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-21837  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-64k.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k package and not the kernel-64k package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring/uring_cmd: unconditionally copy SQEs at prep time

This isn't generally necessary, but conditions have been observed where SQE data is accessed from the original SQE after prep has been done and outside of the initial issue. Opcode prep handlers must ensure that any SQE related data is stable beyond the prep phase, but uring_cmd is a bit special in how it handles the SQE which makes it susceptible to reading stale data. If the application has reused the SQE before the original completes, then that can lead to data corruption.

Down the line we can relax this again once uring_cmd has been sanitized a bit, and avoid unnecessarily copying the SQE.

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