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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-21726" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-02-27T02:07:32.861Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:03:46.766Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:29.455Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-21726" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-21726.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21726" title: "padata: avoid UAF for reorder_work" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npadata: avoid UAF for reorder_work\n\nAlthough the previous patch can avoid ps and ps UAF for _do_serial, it\ncan not avoid potential UAF issue for reorder_work. This issue can\nhappen just as below:\n\ncrypto_request\t\t\tcrypto_request\t\tcrypto_del_alg\npadata_do_serial\n ...\n padata_reorder\n // processes all remaining\n // requests then breaks\n while (1) {\n if (!padata)\n break;\n ...\n }\n\n\t\t\t\tpadata_do_serial\n\t\t\t\t // new request added\n\t\t\t\t list_add\n // sees the new request\n queue_work(reorder_work)\n\t\t\t\t padata_reorder\n\t\t\t\t queue_work_on(squeue-\u003ework)\n...\n\n\t\t\t\t\u003ckworker context\u003e\n\t\t\t\tpadata_serial_worker\n\t\t\t\t// completes new request,\n\t\t\t\t// no more outstanding\n\t\t\t\t// requests\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcrypto_del_alg\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t // free pd\n\n\u003ckworker context\u003e\ninvoke_padata_reorder\n // UAF of pd\n\nTo avoid UAF for 'reorder_work', get 'pd' ref before put 'reorder_work'\ninto the 'serial_wq' and put 'pd' ref until the 'serial_wq' finish." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f4f1b1169fc3694f9bc3e28c6c68dbbf4cc744c0"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4c6209efea2208597dbd3e52dc87a0d1a8f2dbe1"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7000507bb0d2ceb545c0a690e0c707c897d102c2"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6f45ef616775b0ce7889b0f6077fc8d681ab30bc"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8ca38d0ca8c3d30dd18d311f1a7ec5cb56972cac"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a54091c24220a4cd847d5b4f36d678edacddbaf0"},{"version":"bbefa1dd6a6d53537c11624752219e39959d04fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dd7d37ccf6b11f3d95e797ebe4e9e886d0332600"},{"version":"b4c8ed0bf977760a206997b6429a7ac91978f440","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e43d65719527043f1ef79ecba9d4ede58cbc7ffe","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.4.19","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.5.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.6"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.6"},{"version":"5.10.235","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.179","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.129","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.76","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.13.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.13.*"},{"version":"6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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