CVE-2025-21691
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21691
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21691.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-21691
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-02-10T15:58:47Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-22T09:26:57.578606Z
- Summary
- cachestat: fix page cache statistics permission checking
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachestat: fix page cache statistics permission checking
When the 'cachestat()' system call was added in commit cf264e1329fb ("cachestat: implement cachestat syscall"), it was meant to be a much more convenient (and performant) version of mincore() that didn't need mapping things into the user virtual address space in order to work.
But it ended up missing the "check for writability or ownership" fix for mincore(), done in commit 134fca9063ad ("mm/mincore.c: make mincore() more conservative").
This just adds equivalent logic to 'cachestat()', modified for the file context (rather than vma).
- References
-
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f537664e705b0bf8b7e329861f20128534f6a83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780ab8329672464984cf1344bd5c3993af0226c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6405c13b0d8a8367cd8df63f118b619a3f0dd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97153a05077f618f7471f50a78158602badccb30
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedcf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11aFixed7d6405c13b0d8a8367cd8df63f118b619a3f0dd2
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedcf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11aFixed780ab8329672464984cf1344bd5c3993af0226c7
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedcf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11aFixed97153a05077f618f7471f50a78158602badccb30
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedcf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11aFixed5f537664e705b0bf8b7e329861f20128534f6a83
Affected versions
v6.*
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.6.1
v6.6.10
v6.6.11
v6.6.12
v6.6.13
v6.6.14
v6.6.15
v6.6.16
v6.6.17
v6.6.18
v6.6.19
v6.6.2
v6.6.20
v6.6.21
v6.6.22
v6.6.23
v6.6.24
v6.6.25
v6.6.26
v6.6.27
v6.6.28
v6.6.29
v6.6.3
v6.6.30
v6.6.31
v6.6.32
v6.6.33
v6.6.34
v6.6.35
v6.6.36
v6.6.37
v6.6.38
v6.6.39
v6.6.4
v6.6.40
v6.6.41
v6.6.42
v6.6.43
v6.6.44
v6.6.45
v6.6.46
v6.6.47
v6.6.48
v6.6.49
v6.6.5
v6.6.50
v6.6.51
v6.6.52
v6.6.53
v6.6.54
v6.6.55
v6.6.56
v6.6.57
v6.6.58
v6.6.59
v6.6.6
v6.6.60
v6.6.61
v6.6.62
v6.6.63
v6.6.64
v6.6.65
v6.6.66
v6.6.67
v6.6.68
v6.6.69
v6.6.7
v6.6.70
v6.6.71
v6.6.72
v6.6.73
v6.6.74
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7