{"cve":"CVE-2025-21927","nvd":{"published":"2025-04-01T16:15:23.470","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:03.097","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-tcp: fix potential memory corruption in nvme_tcp_recv_pdu()\n\nnvme_tcp_recv_pdu() doesn't check the validity of the header length.\nWhen header digests are enabled, a target might send a packet with an\ninvalid header length (e.g. 255), causing nvme_tcp_verify_hdgst()\nto access memory outside the allocated area and cause memory corruptions\nby overwriting it with the calculated digest.\n\nFix this by rejecting packets with an unexpected header length.","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-787"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b06c89aa6b2d1ecb8aea72edfb9d53af8d5126","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d22cf5cc94cd7dee84773ec41db78a46107dfa3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fbc953d6b38bc824392e01850f0aeee3b348722","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad95bab0cd28ed77c2c0d0b6e76e03e031391064"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21927","score":0.00621,"percentile":0.49479,"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."]}