kernel: bpf: avoid holding freeze_mutex during mmap operation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-21853

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races...

Astra Linux – vulnerability in linux-6.1, linux-6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent race conditions between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we currently do this means we hold...

AZL-58536 CVE-2025-21853 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.182.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21853

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

AZL-58487 CVE-2025-21853 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.82.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21853

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

CVE-2025-21853 bpf: avoid holding freeze_mutex during mmap operation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: avoid holding freezemutex during mmap operation We use map-freezemutex to prevent races between mapfreeze and memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The way we naively do this means we'll hold freezemutex...

CVE-2025-21853

CVE-2025-21853 affects the Linux kernel BPF mmap path. The issue arises from holding map->freeze_mutex for the entire duration of mmap mm/VMA manipulations when ensuring writeable map contents, which could deadlock. The fixed approach holds freeze_mutex only during writeability checks, increme...

PT-2025-11015

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, related to the handling of freeze mutex during memory mapping BPF map contents with writable permissions. The issue could...