CVE-2025-21834

seccomp: passthrough uretprobe systemcall without filtering

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2025 at 04:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seccomp: passthrough uretprobe systemcall without filtering When attaching uretprobes to processes running inside docker, the attached process is segfaulted when encountering the retprobe. The reason is that now that uretprobe is a system call the default seccomp filters in docker block it as they only allow a specific set of known syscalls. This is true for other userspace applications which use seccomp to control their syscall surface. Since uretprobe is a "kernel implementation detail" system call which is not used by userspace application code directly, it is impractical and there's very little point in forcing all userspace applications to explicitly allow it in order to avoid crashing tracked processes. Pass this systemcall through seccomp without depending on configuration. Note: uretprobe is currently only x86_64 and isn't expected to ever be supported in i386. [kees: minimized changes for easier backporting, tweaked commit log]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.11 ≤ v < 6.12.146.11 ≤ v < 6.13.36.11 ≤ v < 6.146.13 ≤ v < 6.13.36.116.14 rc1ff474a78cef5cb5f32be52fe25b78441327a2e7c
Vendor states this is fixed in 5a262628f4cf2437d863fe41f9d427177b87664c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf6cb56ef24410fb5308f9655087f1eddf4452e6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fa80018aa5be10c35e9fa896b7b4061a8dce3eed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a262628f4cf2437d863fe41f9d427177b87664c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6cb56ef24410fb5308f9655087f1eddf4452e6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa80018aa5be10c35e9fa896b7b4061a8dce3eed

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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