CVE-2025-21840

thermal/netlink: Prevent userspace segmentation fault by adjusting UAPI header

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 7, 2025 at 09:09 AM 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: thermal/netlink: Prevent userspace segmentation fault by adjusting UAPI header The intel-lpmd tool [1], which uses the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY attribute to receive HFI events from kernel space, encounters a segmentation fault after commit 1773572863c4 ("thermal: netlink: Add the commands and the events for the thresholds"). The issue arises because the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY raw value was changed while intel_lpmd still uses the old value. Although intel_lpmd can be updated to check the THERMAL_GENL_VERSION and use the appropriate THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY value, the commit itself is questionable. The commit introduced a new element in the middle of enum thermal_genl_attr, which affects many existing attributes and introduces potential risks and unnecessary maintenance burdens for userspace thermal netlink event users. Solve the issue by moving the newly introduced THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_PREV_TEMP attribute to the end of the enum thermal_genl_attr. This ensures that all existing thermal generic netlink attributes remain unaffected. [ rjw: Subject edits ]

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.13.46.13 ≤ v < 6.141773572863c43a14a3e45f0591f28b7dec1ee52a6.136.14 rc16.14 rc2
Vendor states this is fixed in 3a4ca365c51729143a2cab693cd40fe0bb585ef0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c195b9c6ab9c383d7aa3f4a65879b3ca90cb378b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4ca365c51729143a2cab693cd40fe0bb585ef0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c195b9c6ab9c383d7aa3f4a65879b3ca90cb378b

CVSS

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