linux — security advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: xdp: Disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode Device-bound programs are used to support RX metadata kfuncs. These kfuncs are driver-specific and rely on the driver context to read the metadata. This means they can't work in generic XDP mode. However, there is no check to disallow such programs from being attached in generic mode, in which case the metadata kfuncs will be called in an invalid context, leading to crashes. Fix this by adding a check to disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.13-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21808
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: xdp: Disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode Device-bound programs are used to support RX metadata kfuncs. These kfuncs are driver-specific and rely on the driver context to read the metadata. This means they can't work in generic XDP mode. However, there is no check to disallow such programs from being attached in generic mode, in which case the metadata kfuncs will be called in an invalid context, leading to crashes. Fix this by adding a check to disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21808
linux
Fixed versions: 6.12.13-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.12.13-1
Complete source record
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