{"cve":"CVE-2025-21976","nvd":{"published":"2025-04-01T16:15:28.973","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:03.923","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: hyperv_fb: Allow graceful removal of framebuffer\n\nWhen a Hyper-V framebuffer device is unbind, hyperv_fb driver tries to\nrelease the framebuffer forcefully. If this framebuffer is in use it\nproduce the following WARN and hence this framebuffer is never released.\n\n[   44.111220] WARNING: CPU: 35 PID: 1882 at drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c:70 framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40\n< snip >\n[   44.111289] Call Trace:\n[   44.111290]  <TASK>\n[   44.111291]  ? show_regs+0x6c/0x80\n[   44.111295]  ? __warn+0x8d/0x150\n[   44.111298]  ? framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40\n[   44.111300]  ? report_bug+0x182/0x1b0\n[   44.111303]  ? handle_bug+0x6e/0xb0\n[   44.111306]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80\n[   44.111308]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20\n[   44.111311]  ? framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40\n[   44.111313]  ? hvfb_remove+0x86/0xa0 [hyperv_fb]\n[   44.111315]  vmbus_remove+0x24/0x40 [hv_vmbus]\n[   44.111323]  device_remove+0x40/0x80\n[   44.111325]  device_release_driver_internal+0x20b/0x270\n[   44.111327]  ? bus_find_device+0xb3/0xf0\n\nFix this by moving the release of framebuffer and assosiated memory\nto fb_ops.fb_destroy function, so that framebuffer framework handles\nit gracefully.\n\nWhile we fix this, also replace manual registrations/unregistration of\nframebuffer with devm_register_framebuffer.","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/4545e2aa121aea304d33903099c03e29ed4fe50a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7b583dc99c6cf4a96877017be1d08247e1ef2c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1a86a5ab0d44160534f495a3630646092d98e27","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2f45ab0e53b255f72c85ccd99e2b394fc5fceb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21976","score":0.00258,"percentile":0.17287,"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."]}