{"cve":"CVE-2025-21842","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-07T09:15:17.237","modified":"2026-07-30T06:21:40.627","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\namdkfd: properly free gang_ctx_bo when failed to init user queue\n\nThe destructor of a gtt bo is declared as\nvoid amdgpu_amdkfd_free_gtt_mem(struct amdgpu_device *adev, void **mem_obj);\nWhich takes void** as the second parameter.\n\nGCC allows passing void* to the function because void* can be implicitly\ncasted to any other types, so it can pass compiling.\n\nHowever, passing this void* parameter into the function's\nexecution process(which expects void** and dereferencing void**)\nwill result in errors.","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/091a68c58c1bbd2ab7d05d1b32c1306394ec691d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33f7f9660705fb2ecf3467b2c48965564f392ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5ab1c1ae504f622cc1ff48830a9ed48428146d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:17.429720821+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21842","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14734,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}