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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-21668

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231494

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pmdomain: imx8mp-blk-ctrl: add missing loop break condition Currently imx8mp_blk_ctrl_remove() will continue the for loop until an out-of-bounds exception occurs. pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc :
 dev_pm_domain_detach+0x8/0x48 lr : imx8mp_blk_ctrl_shutdown+0x58/0x90 sp : ffffffc084f8bbf0 x29:
 ffffffc084f8bbf0 x28: ffffff80daf32ac0 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffffffc081658d78 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffffffc08201b028 x23: ffffff80d0db9490 x22: ffffffc082340a78 x21: 00000000000005b0 x20:
 ffffff80d19bc180 x19: 000000000000000a x18: ffffffffffffffff x17: ffffffc080a39e08 x16: ffffffc080a39c98 x15: 4f435f464f006c72 x14: 0000000000000004 x13: ffffff80d0172110 x12: 0000000000000000 x11:
 ffffff80d0537740 x10: ffffff80d05376c0 x9 : ffffffc0808ed2d8 x8 : ffffffc084f8bab0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : ffffff80d19b9420 x4 : fffffffe03466e60 x3 : 0000000080800077 x2 :
 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: dev_pm_domain_detach+0x8/0x48 platform_shutdown+0x2c/0x48 device_shutdown+0x158/0x268 kernel_restart_prepare+0x40/0x58 kernel_kexec+0x58/0xe8 __do_sys_reboot+0x198/0x258 __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x5c/0x138 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x38/0xc8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 Code: 8128c2d0 ffffffc0 aa1e03e9 d503201f (CVE-2025-21668)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 231494

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_21668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21668

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21668