Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-21672

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace1. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the functi...

CVE-2025-21672

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-01-31 12:16:23+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/cve-notifications.bsky.social/post/3lgzy3goouj2p 2025-01-31 13:15:10+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/DarkWebInformerCVEAlerts/3657 2025-01-31 15:22:42+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2025-21672

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace1. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by...

CVE-2025-21672

CVE-2025-21672 concerns the Linux kernel, specifically the afs module, where a fix guards against a lock being left held when returning to userspace. The root cause is described as a scenario where if argc is less than 0 and a function returns directly, an inode mutex lock is not released. The pa...