What is CVE-2025-21695?

CVE-2025-21695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-21695?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2025-21695

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: fix serdev race The dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe() function calls devm_serdev_device_open() before setting the client ops via serdev_devi…

EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 484bae9e4d6acb5eec39e1ea47f9aa43f11b154d, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21695?: CVE-2025-21695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-21695?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.