{"cve":"CVE-2025-21712","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-27T02:15:14.863","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:07.873","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/md-bitmap: Synchronize bitmap_get_stats() with bitmap lifetime\n\nAfter commit ec6bb299c7c3 (\"md/md-bitmap: add 'sync_size' into struct\nmd_bitmap_stats\"), following panic is reported:\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\nRIP: 0010:bitmap_get_stats+0x2b/0xa0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n md_seq_show+0x2d2/0x5b0\n seq_read_iter+0x2b9/0x470\n seq_read+0x12f/0x180\n proc_reg_read+0x57/0xb0\n vfs_read+0xf6/0x380\n ksys_read+0x6c/0xf0\n do_syscall_64+0x82/0x170\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nRoot cause is that bitmap_get_stats() can be called at anytime if mddev\nis still there, even if bitmap is destroyed, or not fully initialized.\nDeferenceing bitmap in this case can crash the kernel. Meanwhile, the\nabove commit start to deferencing bitmap->storage, make the problem\neasier to trigger.\n\nFix the problem by protecting bitmap_get_stats() with bitmap_info.mutex.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/032fa54f486eac5507976e7e31f079a767bc13a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/237e19519c8ff6949f0ef57c4a0243f5b2b0fa18","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9316eee3885bfb311b4759513f2ccf37891c09","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52848a095b55a302af92f52ca0de5b3112059bb8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d28d0ddb986f56920ac97ae704cc3340a699a30"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21712","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12642,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}