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CVE-2025-21746· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

Input: synaptics - fix crash when enabling pass-through port

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: synaptics - fix crash when enabling pass-through port When enabling a pass-through port an interrupt might come before psmouse driver binds to the pass-through port. However synaptics sub-driver tries to access psmouse instance presumably associated with the pass-through port to figure out if only 1 byte of response or entire protocol packet needs to be forwarded to the pass-through port and may crash if psmouse instance has not been attached to the port yet. Fix the crash by introducing open() and close() methods for the port and check if the port is open before trying to access psmouse instance. Because psmouse calls serio_open() only after attaching psmouse instance to serio port instance this prevents the potential crash.

MediumCVSS 4.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile
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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
18 / 40 · 4.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.5 and later · before 6.6.80
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.17
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.13.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.5affected
    • 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 and later · before a2cbcd70133dc0d4d4c95ad4cd5412b935354c7caffected · git
    • 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 and later · before 3e179d3f1ada963475395d81bfe91daef4d1a24caffected · git
    • 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 and later · before 87da1ea93ec9f9f0004e5b12e78789bc94e360bfaffected · git
    • 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 and later · before 08bd5b7c9a2401faabdaa1472d45c7de0755fd7eaffected · git
    • before 6.5not affected · semver
    • 6.6.80 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.12.17 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.13.3 and later · up to and including 6.13.*not affected · semver
    • 6.14 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.17-16.12.17-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux08bd5b7c9a2401faabdaa1472d45c7de0755fd7eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3e179d3f1ada963475395d81bfe91daef4d1a24cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux87da1ea93ec9f9f0004e5b12e78789bc94e360bfVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa2cbcd70133dc0d4d4c95ad4cd5412b935354c7cVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.17-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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    31Monitor
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    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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