High severity · published Feb 27, 2025
CVE-2025-21772
partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table
Fix several issues in partition probing:
- The bailout for a bad partoffset must use put_dev_sector(), since the
preceding read_part_sector() succeeded.
- If the partition table claims a silly sector size like 0xfff bytes
(which results in partition table entries straddling sector boundaries),
bail out instead of accessing out-of-bounds memory.
- We must not assume that the partition table contains proper NUL
termination - use strnlen() and strncmp() instead of strlen() and
strcmp().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.4.291; 5.5 before 5.10.235; 5.11 before 5.15.179; 5.16 before 6.1.129; 6.2 before 6.6.79; 6.7 before 6.12.16; +3 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before a3e77da9f843e4ab93917d30c314f0283e28c124; 02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before 213ba5bd81b7e97ac6e6190b8f3bc6ba76123625; 02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before 40a35d14f3c0dc72b689061ec72fc9b193f37d1f; 02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before 27a39d006f85e869be68c1d5d2ce05e5d6445bf5; 02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before 92527100be38ede924768f4277450dfe8a40e16b; 02e2a5bfebe99edcf9d694575a75032d53fe1b73 before 6578717ebca91678131d2b1f4ba4258e60536e9f; +13 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21772
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21772
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213ba5bd81b7e97ac6e6190b8f3bc6ba76123625
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27a39d006f85e869be68c1d5d2ce05e5d6445bf5
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40a35d14f3c0dc72b689061ec72fc9b193f37d1f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6578717ebca91678131d2b1f4ba4258e60536e9f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa9706722882f634090bfc9af642bf9ed719e27
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80e648042e512d5a767da251d44132553fe04ae0
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