๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-21863

HIGH 7.8

io_uring: prevent opcode speculation

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: prevent opcode speculation sqe->opcode is used for different tables, make sure we santitise it against speculations.

Vendor linux
Product linux
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Mar 12, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
d3656344fea0339fb0365c8df4d2beba4e0089cd < b9826e3b26ec031e9063f64a7c735449c43955e4 d3656344fea0339fb0365c8df4d2beba4e0089cd < 506b9b5e8c2d2a411ea8fe361333f5081c56d23a d3656344fea0339fb0365c8df4d2beba4e0089cd < fdbfd52bd8b85ed6783365ff54c82ab7067bd61b d3656344fea0339fb0365c8df4d2beba4e0089cd < 1e988c3fe1264708f4f92109203ac5b1d65de50b
Linux / Linux
5.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9826e3b26ec031e9063f64a7c735449c43955e4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506b9b5e8c2d2a411ea8fe361333f5081c56d23a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdbfd52bd8b85ed6783365ff54c82ab7067bd61b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e988c3fe1264708f4f92109203ac5b1d65de50b