Out-of-bounds Read Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.20-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-13797046
  • published1 Nov 2025
  • disclosed1 Apr 2025

Introduced: 1 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-21946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.20-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds in parse_sec_desc()

If osidoffset, gsidoffset and dacloffset could be greater than smb_ntsd struct size. If it is smaller, It could cause slab-out-of-bounds. And when validating sid, It need to check it included subauth array size.

CVSS Base Scores

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