Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
CVE-2025-21815
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/compaction: fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning syzkaller reported a UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning of (1UL << order) in isolate_freepages_block(). The bogus compound_order can be any value because it is union with flags. Add back the MAX_PAGE_ORDER check to fix the warning.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.002 (9.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 3da0272a4c7d0d37b47b28e87014f421296fc2be, 6.7, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-21815?
- CVE-2025-21815 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-21815?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.