CVE-2025-21660 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.128-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-9055788
  • published3 Mar 2025
  • disclosed21 Jan 2025

Introduced: 21 Jan 2025

CVE-2025-21660  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked

When ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked met an error and it is not the last entry, it will exit without restoring changed path buffer. But later this buffer may be used as the filename for creation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1