What is CVE-2025-21697?

CVE-2025-21697 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.19 onward and patched in 5.4.290, 5.10.234, 5.15.177 and others. CVE-2025-21697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-21697?

CVE-2025-21697 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-21697?

Yes, CVE-2025-21697 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.290, 5.10.234, 5.15.177 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-21697 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-21697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-21697

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/v3d: Ensure job pointer is set to NULL after job completion After a job completes, the corresponding pointer in the device must be set to NULL. Failing to do so triggers a warning when unloading the driver, as it appears the job is still active. To prevent this, assign the job pointer to NULL after completing the job, indicating the job has finished.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-12

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.290, 5.10.234, 5.15.177, 6.1.127, 6.6.74, 6.12.11, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.19

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.290 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.234 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.177 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.127 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.74 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.11 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-21697 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14e0a874488e79086340ba8e2d238cb9596b68a8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd6303d08c85072ce40ac01a767ab67195105bd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a1c88f7ca5c12dff6fa6787492ac910bb9e4407
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-21697

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-12

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21697?

CVE-2025-21697 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.19 onward and has been patched in 5.4.290, 5.10.234, 5.15.177 and others. CVE-2025-21697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-21697?

CVE-2025-21697 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-21697?

Yes — CVE-2025-21697 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.290, 5.10.234, 5.15.177 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-21697 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-21697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.