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CVE-2025-21830MEDIUM
Linux Linux — landlock: Handle weird files
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0018    7.7     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    cb2c7d1a1776057c9a1f48ed1250d85e94d4850d –  —
  Linux    5.13 –                                      5.15.179
TIMELINE
  Dec 29  Reserved by Linux
  Mar 6   Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-21830 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 7 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: landlock: Handle weird files A corrupted filesystem (e.g. bcachefs) might return weird files. Instead of throwing a warning and allowing access to such file, treat them as regular files.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
December 29, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
March 6, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-21830 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxcb2c7d1a1776057c9a1f48ed1250d85e94d4850d
LinuxLinux5.135.15.179

References (7)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-21830 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-21830 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.