CVE-2025-21934
High
rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails rio_add_net() calls device_register() and fails when device_register() fails. Thus, put_device() should be used rather than kfree(). Add "mport->net = NULL;" to avoid a use after free issue.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
April 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-21934
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails rio_add_net() calls device_register() and fails when device_register() fails. Thus, put_device() should be used rather than kfree(). Add "mport->net = NULL;" to avoid a use after free issue.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e4977141dfc6d109bf29b495bf2187b4250990
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2537f01d57f08c527e40bbb5862aa6ff43344898
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ddad53e4cfb6de861c6d4fb7b25427f46baed5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f5e520e8fbc6294020ff8afa36f684d92c6e6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2ef51c74b0171fde7eb69b6152d3d2f743ef269
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd9f58f7fe41a55fae4305ea51fc234769fd466
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ec862ce80f64db923a1d942b5d11cf6fc87d36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0aa4ee1cbbf7789907e5a3f6810de01c146c211
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21934.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21934