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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).
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
| Date | Event | Detail |
| December 29, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| March 6, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-21830 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | cb2c7d1a1776057c9a1f48ed1250d85e94d4850d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.13 | 5.15.179 |
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