CVE-2025-21769: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: vmclock: Add .owner to vmclock_miscdev_fops Without the .owner field, the module can be unloaded while /dev/vmclock0 is open, leading to an oops.

Affected products

  • Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.13, before 6.13.4 (fixed in 6.13.4); version 6.14 only

Published 2025-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.