Linux Kernel up to 6.6.80/6.12.17/6.13.5 bsg_transport_sg_io_fn denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.80/6.12.17/6.13.5. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is the function bsg_transport_sg_io_fn. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-21873. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.80/6.12.17/6.13.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function bsg_transport_sg_io_fn. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: core: bsg: Fix crash when arpmb command fails If the device doesn't support arpmb we'll crash due to copying user data in bsg_transport_sg_io_fn(). In the case where ufs_bsg_exec_advanced_rpmb_req() returns an error, do not set the job's reply_len. Memory crash backtrace: 3,1290,531166405,-;ufshcd 0000:00:12.5: ARPMB OP failed: error code -22 4,1308,531166555,-;Call Trace: 4,1309,531166559,-; <TASK> 4,1310,531166565,-; ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 4,1311,531166575,-; ? die+0x37/0xa0 4,1312,531166583,-; ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0 4,1313,531166593,-; ? do_error_trap+0x71/0xb0 4,1314,531166601,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1315,531166610,-; ? exc_invalid_op+0x52/0x80 4,1316,531166622,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1317,531166630,-; ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20 4,1318,531166643,-; ? usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 4,1319,531166652,-; __check_heap_object+0xe3/0x120 4,1320,531166661,-; check_heap_object+0x185/0x1d0 4,1321,531166670,-; __check_object_size.part.0+0x72/0x150 4,1322,531166679,-; __check_object_size+0x23/0x30 4,1323,531166688,-; bsg_transport_sg_io_fn+0x314/0x3b0

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-21873 since 12/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236983 (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7521-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.81, 6.12.18 or 6.13.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 32fb5ec825f6f76bc28902181c65429a904a07fe/59455f968c1004ed897ba873237657745d81ce0f/7e3c96ff5c5f3206984ed077b2aa8c9b7c4e0327/f27a95845b01e86d67c8b014b4f41bd3327daa63 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236983) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0649). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.6.58
• 6.6.59
• 6.6.60
• 6.6.61
• 6.6.62
• 6.6.63
• 6.6.64
• 6.6.65
• 6.6.66
• 6.6.67
• 6.6.68
• 6.6.69
• 6.6.70
• 6.6.71
• 6.6.72
• 6.6.73
• 6.6.74
• 6.6.75
• 6.6.76
• 6.6.77
• 6.6.78
• 6.6.79
• 6.6.80
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.13.0
• 6.13.1
• 6.13.2
• 6.13.3
• 6.13.4
• 6.13.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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