CVE-2025-21867: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2025-21867 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-416: Use After Free) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2025-21867 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2025-21867
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2025-21867, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-416: Use After Free, where the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, test_run: Fix use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type()\n\nKMSAN reported a use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type()[1]. The\ncause of the issue was that eth_skb_pkt_type() accessed skb's data\nthat didn't contain an Ethernet header. This occurs when\nbpf_prog_test_run_xdp() passes an invalid value as the user_data\nargument to bpf_test_init().\n\nFix this by returning an error when user_data is less than ETH_HLEN in\nbpf_test_init(). Additionally, remove the check for \"if (user_size >\nsize)\" as it is unnecessary.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in eth_skb_pkt_type include/linux/etherdevice.h:627 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in eth_type_trans+0x4ee/0x980 net/ethernet/eth.c:165\n eth_skb_pkt_type include/linux/etherdevice.h:627 [inline]\n eth_type_trans+0x4ee/0x980 net/ethernet/eth.c:165\n __xdp_build_skb_from_frame+0x5a8/0xa50 net/core/xdp.c:635\n xdp_recv_frames net/bpf/test_run.c:272 [inline]\n xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:361 [inline]\n bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x2954/0x3330 net/bpf/test_run.c:390\n bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x148e/0x1b10 net/bpf/test_run.c:1318\n bpf_prog_test_run+0x5b7/0xa30 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4371\n __sys_bpf+0x6a6/0xe20 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5777\n __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5866 [inline]\n __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5864 [inline]\n __x64_sys_bpf+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5864\n x64_sys_call+0x2ea0/0x3d90 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nUninit was created at:\n free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1056 [inline]\n free_unref_page+0x156/0x1320 mm/page_alloc.c:2657\n __free_pages+0xa3/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:4838\n bpf_ringbuf_free kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:226 [inline]\n ringbuf_map_free+0xff/0x1e0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:235\n bpf_map_free kernel/bpf/syscall.c:838 [inline]\n bpf_map_free_deferred+0x17c/0x310 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:862\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xa2b/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3310\n worker_thread+0xedf/0x1550 kernel/workqueue.c:3391\n kthread+0x535/0x6b0 kernel/kthread.c:389\n ret_from_fork+0x6e/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 17276 Comm: syz.1.16450 Not tainted 6.12.0-05490-g9bb88c659673 #8\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41 04/01/2014",
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