CVE-2025-21934: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails rio_add_net() calls device_register() and fails when device_register() fails. Thus, put_device() should be used rather than kfree(). Add "mport->net = NULL;" to avoid a use after free issue.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.6, before 5.4.291 (fixed in 5.4.291); from 5.5, before 5.10.235 (fixed in 5.10.235); from 5.11, before 5.15.179 (fixed in 5.15.179); from 5.16, before 6.1.131 (fixed in 6.1.131); from 6.2, before 6.6.83 (fixed in 6.6.83); from 6.7, before 6.12.19 (fixed in 6.12.19); …

Published 2025-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.