CVE-2025-21687
High
vfio/platform: check the bounds of read/write syscalls
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/platform: check the bounds of read/write syscalls count and offset are passed from user space and not checked, only offset is capped to 40 bits, which can be used to read/write out of bounds of the device.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
February 10, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-21687
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/platform: check the bounds of read/write syscalls count and offset are passed from user space and not checked, only offset is capped to 40 bits, which can be used to read/write out of bounds of the device.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1485932496a1b025235af8aa1e21988d6b7ccd54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/665cfd1083866f87301bbd232cb8ba48dcf4acce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bcb8a5b70b80143db9bf12dfa7d53636f824d53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92340e6c5122d823ad064984ef7513eba9204048
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9377cdc118cf327248f1a9dde7b87de067681dc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a20fcaa230f7472456d12cf761ed13938e320ac3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c981c32c38af80737a2fedc16e270546d139ccdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce9ff21ea89d191e477a02ad7eabf4f996b80a69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d19a8650fd3d7aed8d1af1d9a77f979a8430eba1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed81d82bb6e9df3a137f2c343ed689e6c68268ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f21636f24b6786c8b13f1af4319fa75ffcf17f38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65ce06387f8c1fb54bd59e18a8428248ec68eaf
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21687.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21687