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LIN1021-14843 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2025-21917

Created: Apr 2, 2025    Updated: Jun 17, 2025
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: renesas_usbhs: Flush the notify_hotplug_work

When performing continuous unbind/bind operations on the USB drivers
available on the Renesas RZ/G2L SoC, a kernel crash with the message
"Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address"
may occur. This issue points to the usbhsc_notify_hotplug() function.

Flush the delayed work to avoid its execution when driver resources are
unavailable.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2025-21917 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21917)
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