VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-21735
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: nci: Add bounds checking in nci_hci_create_pipe() The "pipe" variable is a u8 which comes from the network.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: nci: Add bounds checking in nci_hci_create_pipe() The "pipe" variable is a u8 which comes from the network. If it's more than 127, then it results in memory corruption in the caller, nci_hci_connect_gate().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10b3f947b609713e04022101f492d288a014ddfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110b43ef05342d5a11284cc8b21582b698b4ef1cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172cdfc3a5ea20289c58fb73dadc6fd4a8784a4ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ae4bade5a64d126bd18eb66bd419005c5550218Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59c7ed20217c0939862fbf8145bc49d5b3a13f4fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/674e17c5933779a8bf5c15d596fdfcb5ccdebbc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd249109d266f1d52548c46634a15b71656e0d44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a461c315e5ff92657f84d8ba50caa5abf5c22aPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.