{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2025-21851",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.779Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-03-12T09:42:06.480Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:07:44.073Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:07:44.073Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix softlockup in arena_map_free on 64k page kernel\n\nOn an aarch64 kernel with CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_64KB=y,\narena_htab tests cause a segmentation fault and soft lockup.\nThe same failure is not observed with 4k pages on aarch64.\n\nIt turns out arena_map_free() is calling\napply_to_existing_page_range() with the address returned by\nbpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start().  If this address is not page-aligned\nthe code ends up calling apply_to_pte_range() with that unaligned\naddress causing soft lockup.\n\nFix it by round up GUARD_SZ to PAGE_SIZE << 1 so that the\ndivision by 2 in bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start() returns\na page-aligned value."
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "kernel/bpf/arena.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163",
                            "lessThan": "c1f3f3892d4526f18aaeffdb6068ce861e793ee3",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163",
                            "lessThan": "787d556a3de447e70964a4bdeba9196f62a62b1e",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163",
                            "lessThan": "517e8a7835e8cfb398a0aeb0133de50e31cae32b",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "kernel/bpf/arena.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "6.9",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.9",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.17",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.13.5",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.14",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.9",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.17"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.9",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.13.5"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.9",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.14"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f3f3892d4526f18aaeffdb6068ce861e793ee3"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/787d556a3de447e70964a4bdeba9196f62a62b1e"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/517e8a7835e8cfb398a0aeb0133de50e31cae32b"
                }
            ],
            "title": "bpf: Fix softlockup in arena_map_free on 64k page kernel",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        },
        "adp": [
            {
                "metrics": [
                    {
                        "cvssV3_1": {
                            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                            "version": "3.1",
                            "baseScore": 3.3,
                            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
                            "baseSeverity": "LOW",
                            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
                            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                            "userInteraction": "NONE",
                            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                            "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
                            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
                            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "other": {
                            "type": "ssvc",
                            "content": {
                                "id": "CVE-2025-21851",
                                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                                "options": [
                                    {
                                        "Exploitation": "none"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Automatable": "no"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Technical Impact": "partial"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "version": "2.0.3",
                                "timestamp": "2025-10-01T19:26:12.815420Z"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "problemTypes": [
                    {
                        "descriptions": [
                            {
                                "lang": "en",
                                "type": "CWE",
                                "cweId": "CWE-667",
                                "description": "CWE-667 Improper Locking"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment",
                "providerMetadata": {
                    "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
                    "shortName": "CISA-ADP",
                    "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T19:26:38.747Z"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}