What is CVE-2025-21849?

CVE-2025-21849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-21849?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-21849 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-21849

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Use spin_lock_irqsave() in interruptible context spin_lock/unlock() functions used in interrupt contexts could result in a deadlock, as seen in GitLab issue…

EPSS: 0.002 (6.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 2f2cc53b5fe7022f3ae602eb24573d52f8740959, 6.9, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-667 — Improper Locking

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21849?: CVE-2025-21849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-21849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-21849 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.