{"id":"CVE-2025-21862","revision":null,"records":[{"revision":"977e2d581eb842eb8583dd2039bb56d7","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2025-21862","aliases":[],"title":"drop_monitor: fix incorrect initialization order","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrop_monitor: fix incorrect initialization order\n\nSyzkaller reports the following bug:\n\nBUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#1, syz-executor.0/7995\n lock: 0xffff88805303f3e0, .magic: 00000000, .owner: <none>/-1, .owner_cpu: 0\nCPU: 1 PID: 7995 Comm: syz-executor.0 Tainted: G            E     5.10.209+ #1\nHardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]\n dump_stack+0x119/0x179 lib/dump_stack.c:118\n debug_spin_lock_before kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:83 [inline]\n do_raw_spin_lock+0x1f6/0x270 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:112\n __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:117 [inline]\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x50/0x70 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159\n reset_per_cpu_data+0xe6/0x240 [drop_monitor]\n net_dm_cmd_trace+0x43d/0x17a0 [drop_monitor]\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22f/0x330 net/netlink/genetlink.c:739\n genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:783 [inline]\n genl_rcv_msg+0x341/0x5a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:800\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x14d/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2497\n genl_rcv+0x29/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:811\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1322 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x54b/0x800 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1348\n netlink_sendmsg+0x914/0xe00 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1916\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:651 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x157/0x190 net/socket.c:663\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x712/0x870 net/socket.c:2378\n ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x170 net/socket.c:2432\n __sys_sendmsg+0xea/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2461\n do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x62/0xc7\nRIP: 0033:0x7f3f9815aee9\nCode: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48\nRSP: 002b:00007f3f972bf0c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f3f9826d050 RCX: 00007f3f9815aee9\nRDX: 0000000020000000 RSI: 0000000020001300 RDI: 0000000000000007\nRBP: 00007f3f981b63bd R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 000000000000006e R14: 00007f3f9826d050 R15: 00007ffe01ee6768\n\nIf drop_monitor is built as a kernel module, syzkaller may have time\nto send a netlink NET_DM_CMD_START message during the module loading.\nThis will call the net_dm_monitor_start() function that uses\na spinlock that has not yet been initialized.\n\nTo fix this, let's place resource initialization above the registration\nof a generic netlink family.\n\nFound by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center\n(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-03-12T09:42:19.881+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T01:04:52.887+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/core/drop_monitor.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"6e9e0f224ffd8b819da3ea247dda404795fdd182\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"29f9cdcab3d96d5207a5c92b52c40ad75e5915d8\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"872c7c7e57a746046796ddfead529c9d37b9f6b4\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"fcfc00bfec7bb6661074cb21356d05a4c9470a3c\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"0efa6c42f81c60d8f72ba7f5ed8d4fec8c526282\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"b7859e8643e75619b2705b4fcac93ffd94d72b4a\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"219a47d0e6195bd202f22855e35f25bd15bc4d58\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"07b598c0e6f06a0f254c88dafb4ad50f8a8c6eea\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/core/drop_monitor.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"2.6.30\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"2.6.30\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.4.291\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.4.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.10.235\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.10.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.15.179\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.130\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.80\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.17\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.13.5\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.13.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.14\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e9e0f224ffd8b819da3ea247dda404795fdd182","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29f9cdcab3d96d5207a5c92b52c40ad75e5915d8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/872c7c7e57a746046796ddfead529c9d37b9f6b4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcfc00bfec7bb6661074cb21356d05a4c9470a3c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efa6c42f81c60d8f72ba7f5ed8d4fec8c526282","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7859e8643e75619b2705b4fcac93ffd94d72b4a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219a47d0e6195bd202f22855e35f25bd15bc4d58","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b598c0e6f06a0f254c88dafb4ad50f8a8c6eea"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21862","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2025-21862","identifiers":["CVE-2025-21862"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[{"source":"cisa-kev:global","scope":"Complete CISA KEV catalog; all vendors. Missing entries do not establish absence of exploitation.","generation":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.0282238+00:00","complete":true,"records":1772,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.0282238+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.2511726+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.2511728+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":null,"importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"cve-program","scope":"Official CVE Program baseline and cumulative hourly delta; all vendors, published and rejected records","generation":"cve-24e6fde7b744113daefb8f6135035fb8a5c69c9617c9c0d40574a0376532ffd3-da82b7f3c08c0a1c809bacbfac0a567c645c18f0205247304bfc7e4ee4c02653","complete":true,"records":421491,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.4293016+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T18:02:17.6122603+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.4293016+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":"2026-11-09T17:19:01+00:00","importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"euvd","scope":"Rolling EUVD lookups of CVE aliases in current public OSV archives; 500 identifiers per refresh, rechecked after 48 hours. Not a global EUVD catalog. Successful not-found lookups count as checked; they do not imply withdrawal or safety. No reader inventory is sent.","generation":"enrichment-f1df18dfb77f437e9e2ee1dd548e1f15","complete":false,"records":13655,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:14:35.1855237+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T19:14:35.178+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:14:35.178+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":null,"importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":13398,"expectedIdentifiers":13707,"failedIdentifiers":0},{"source":"first-epss:nuget","scope":"FIRST EPSS for explicit CVE aliases in the collected public NuGet archive. Not a global EPSS backfill.","generation":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.0282238+00:00","complete":true,"records":1096,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.0282238+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.2551731+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:11.2551735+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":null,"importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"nvd","scope":"Rolling NVD lookups of CVE aliases in current public OSV archives; 500 identifiers per refresh, rechecked after 48 hours. Not a global NVD catalog. Successful not-found lookups count as checked; they do not imply withdrawal or safety. No reader inventory is sent.","generation":"enrichment-9c7aae9a77ad4fe48f16e3014ae326fa","complete":true,"records":13667,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:43.2420437+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:43.234+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:43.234+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":null,"importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":13707,"expectedIdentifiers":13707,"failedIdentifiers":0},{"source":"osv:Go","scope":"Complete OSV Go ecosystem archive, including withdrawn and malicious-package source records; statement counts are not unique CVE counts","generation":"go-980593e6977a6d1b4fb1eed5a1ffe88a468736f89f0a06f710924ad59132c023","complete":true,"records":9914,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.7853332+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-08T11:07:07.068788+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.7853332+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":"2026-11-08T11:02:46+00:00","importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"osv:NuGet","scope":"Complete OSV NuGet ecosystem archive, including GitHub Advisory Database records; NuGet version matching only","generation":"nuget-712163772d637a9cfaa34d4241efb9e9d0ccd6149596c672c613d362f44af841","complete":true,"records":1971,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.5860178+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T18:02:23.0088273+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.5860178+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":"2026-11-09T17:03:01+00:00","importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"osv:crates.io","scope":"Complete OSV crates.io ecosystem archive, including withdrawn and malicious-package source records; statement counts are not unique CVE counts","generation":"crates.io-761ecc9061239b0da572dc9254c6f384c1d19339eb08408c436647a2f26129e9","complete":true,"records":3064,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.8954054+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T17:05:03.4044794+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.8954054+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":"2026-11-09T16:33:20+00:00","importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null},{"source":"osv:npm","scope":"Complete OSV npm ecosystem archive, including withdrawn and malicious-package source records; statement counts are not unique CVE counts","generation":"npm-e3fec63b2a5926ae79916bc9569f5c1069b095db78f2be319f909e69e8e6d7d3","complete":true,"records":231313,"lastAttemptAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.6843987+00:00","lastSuccessAt":"2026-11-09T18:04:48.1910635+00:00","error":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-11-09T19:02:10.6843987+00:00","snapshotPublishedAt":"2026-11-09T17:33:10+00:00","importing":false,"stagedRecords":0,"checkedIdentifiers":null,"expectedIdentifiers":null,"failedIdentifiers":null}]}