{"cve":"CVE-2025-21767","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-27T03:15:17.383","modified":"2026-10-15T02:17:34.557","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nclocksource: Use migrate_disable() to avoid calling get_random_u32() in atomic context\n\nThe following bug report happened with a PREEMPT_RT kernel:\n\n  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48\n  in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2012, name: kwatchdog\n  preempt_count: 1, expected: 0\n  RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0\n  get_random_u32+0x4f/0x110\n  clocksource_verify_choose_cpus+0xab/0x1a0\n  clocksource_verify_percpu.part.0+0x6b/0x330\n  clocksource_watchdog_kthread+0x193/0x1a0\n\nIt is due to the fact that clocksource_verify_choose_cpus() is invoked with\npreemption disabled.  This function invokes get_random_u32() to obtain\nrandom numbers for choosing CPUs.  The batched_entropy_32 local lock and/or\nthe base_crng.lock spinlock in driver/char/random.c will be acquired during\nthe call. In PREEMPT_RT kernel, they are both sleeping locks and so cannot\nbe acquired in atomic context.\n\nFix this problem by using migrate_disable() to allow smp_processor_id() to\nbe reliably used without introducing atomic context. preempt_disable() is\nthen called after clocksource_verify_choose_cpus() but before the\nclocksource measurement is being run to avoid introducing unexpected\nlatency.","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":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb534187d2355f6c8f995321e76d1ccd1262ac1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f54f0d4ea530950549a8263e6fdd70a40490a4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb05a33337b2c842373857b63de5c9bf1ae2a09","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852805b6cbdb69c298a8fc9fbe79994c95106e04","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8783ceeee797d9aa9cfe150690fb9d0bac8cc459"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21767","score":0.00178,"percentile":0.07338,"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."]}