{"cve":"CVE-2025-21731","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-27T02:15:16.833","modified":"2026-10-15T02:17:31.210","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: don't allow reconnect after disconnect\n\nFollowing process can cause nbd_config UAF:\n\n1) grab nbd_config temporarily;\n\n2) nbd_genl_disconnect() flush all recv_work() and release the\ninitial reference:\n\n  nbd_genl_disconnect\n   nbd_disconnect_and_put\n    nbd_disconnect\n     flush_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq)\n    if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, ...))\n     nbd_config_put\n     -> due to step 1), reference is still not zero\n\n3) nbd_genl_reconfigure() queue recv_work() again;\n\n  nbd_genl_reconfigure\n   config = nbd_get_config_unlocked(nbd)\n   if (!config)\n   -> succeed\n   if (!test_bit(NBD_RT_BOUND, ...))\n   -> succeed\n   nbd_reconnect_socket\n    queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work)\n\n4) step 1) release the reference;\n\n5) Finially, recv_work() will trigger UAF:\n\n  recv_work\n   nbd_config_put(nbd)\n   -> nbd_config is freed\n   atomic_dec(&config->recv_threads)\n   -> UAF\n\nFix the problem by clearing NBD_RT_BOUND in nbd_genl_disconnect(), so\nthat nbd_genl_reconfigure() will fail.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bef6222a3f6c7adb6396f77f25a3579d821b09a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/844b8cdc681612ff24df62cdefddeab5772fadf1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9793bd5ae4bdbdb2dde401a3cab94a6bfd05e302","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ee6ecde2b7bfb58c8a3afe8a9d2b848f580739","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d208d2c52b652913b5eefc8ca434b0d6b757f68f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21731","score":0.0024,"percentile":0.14915,"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."]}