CVE-2025-21931: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2025-21931 is a MODERATE (CVSS 5.5) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-667: Improper Locking) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2025-21931 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 5.5
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:N/I:N/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2025-21931
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-2025-21931, 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-667: Improper Locking, where the product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. 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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"id" : "GHSA-g2g9-6hgr-7f52",
"modified" : "2025-11-03T21:33:24Z",
"published" : "2025-04-01T18:30:52Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-21931" ],
"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwpoison, memory_hotplug: lock folio before unmap hwpoisoned folio\n\nCommit b15c87263a69 (\"hwpoison, memory_hotplug: allow hwpoisoned pages to\nbe offlined) add page poison checks in do_migrate_range in order to make\noffline hwpoisoned page possible by introducing isolate_lru_page and\ntry_to_unmap for hwpoisoned page. However folio lock must be held before\ncalling try_to_unmap. Add it to fix this problem.\n\nWarning will be produced if folio is not locked during unmap:\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n kernel BUG at ./include/linux/swapops.h:400!\n Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 411 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.13.0-rc1-00016-g3c434c7ee82a-dirty #41\n Tainted: [W]=WARN\n Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : try_to_unmap_one+0xb08/0xd3c\n lr : try_to_unmap_one+0x3dc/0xd3c\n Call trace:\n try_to_unmap_one+0xb08/0xd3c (P)\n try_to_unmap_one+0x3dc/0xd3c (L)\n rmap_walk_anon+0xdc/0x1f8\n rmap_walk+0x3c/0x58\n try_to_unmap+0x88/0x90\n unmap_poisoned_folio+0x30/0xa8\n do_migrate_range+0x4a0/0x568\n offline_pages+0x5a4/0x670\n memory_block_action+0x17c/0x374\n memory_subsys_offline+0x3c/0x78\n device_offline+0xa4/0xd0\n state_store+0x8c/0xf0\n dev_attr_store+0x18/0x2c\n sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x54\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x1a8\n vfs_write+0x3a8/0x4bc\n ksys_write+0x6c/0xf8\n __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28\n invoke_syscall+0x44/0x100\n el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0\n do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28\n el0_svc+0x30/0xd0\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc8/0xcc\n el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c\n Code: f9407be0 b5fff320 d4210000 17ffff97 (d4210000)\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---",
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"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3926b572fd073491bde13ec42ee08ac1b337bf4d"
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"url" : "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html"
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