fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2025-21841

fkie_cve-2025-21841

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-03-07 09:15

Modified

2025-03-07 09:15

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix cpufreq_policy ref counting amd_pstate_update_limits() takes a cpufreq_policy reference but doesn't decrement the refcount in one of the exit paths, fix that.

References

▶	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e4c515cf644c621800bd97841757fd49891ba4
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ace20038e19f23fe73259513f1f08d4bf1a3c83
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e6976793c0fcf1638aa534242408ab4e4ca705

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

To clipboard

{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix cpufreq_policy ref counting\n\namd_pstate_update_limits() takes a cpufreq_policy reference but doesn\u0027t\ndecrement the refcount in one of the exit paths, fix that."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: cpufreq/amd-pstate: Se corrige el recuento de referencias de cpufreq_policy. amd_pstate_update_limits() toma una referencia cpufreq_policy pero no disminuye el recuento de referencias en una de las rutas de salida. Corrija eso."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-21841",
  "lastModified": "2025-03-07T09:15:17.137",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-03-07T09:15:17.137",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e4c515cf644c621800bd97841757fd49891ba4"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ace20038e19f23fe73259513f1f08d4bf1a3c83"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e6976793c0fcf1638aa534242408ab4e4ca705"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2025-21841 (GCVE-0-2025-21841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-07 09:09

Modified

2025-05-04 07:22

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix cpufreq_policy ref counting amd_pstate_update_limits() takes a cpufreq_policy reference but doesn't decrement the refcount in one of the exit paths, fix that.

References

►

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e6976793c0fcf1638aa534242408ab4e4ca705
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e4c515cf644c621800bd97841757fd49891ba4
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ace20038e19f23fe73259513f1f08d4bf1a3c83

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

►

Version: 45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2
Version: 45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2
Version: 45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2

Version: 6.12

Show details on NVD website

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "56e6976793c0fcf1638aa534242408ab4e4ca705",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "28e4c515cf644c621800bd97841757fd49891ba4",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "3ace20038e19f23fe73259513f1f08d4bf1a3c83",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "45722e777fd99ea863fe653c1838d39f678506e2",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "6.12"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "6.12",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.12.16",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.13.4",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.14",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.16",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.12",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.13.4",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.12",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.14",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.12",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix cpufreq_policy ref counting\n\namd_pstate_update_limits() takes a cpufreq_policy reference but doesn\u0027t\ndecrement the refcount in one of the exit paths, fix that."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T07:22:20.927Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e6976793c0fcf1638aa534242408ab4e4ca705"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e4c515cf644c621800bd97841757fd49891ba4"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ace20038e19f23fe73259513f1f08d4bf1a3c83"
        }
      ],
      "title": "cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix cpufreq_policy ref counting",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-21841",
    "datePublished": "2025-03-07T09:09:59.587Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.777Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T07:22:20.927Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Log in or create an account to share your comment.

Tags

Taxonomy of the tags.

All sightings related to this event Export sightings related to this event

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.