Vulnerability · CVE-2025-22053
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging v2: - Created a single error handling unlock and exit in veth_po
Published Apr 16, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-22053. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- None0.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.15%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 860f242eb5340d0b0cfe243cb86b2a98f92e8b91 <0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging v2: - Created a single error handling unlock and exit in veth_pool_store - Greatly expanded commit message with previous explanatory-only text Summary: Use rtnl_mutex to synchronize veth_pool_store with itself, ibmveth_close and ibmveth_open, preventing multiple calls in a row to napi_disable. Background: Two (or more) threads could call veth_pool_store through writing to /sys/devices/vio/30000002/pool*/*. You can do this easily with a little shell script. This causes a hang. I c
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- vendor Linux Linux 860f242eb5340d0b0cfe243cb86b2a98f92e8b91 <0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67860f242eb5340d0b0cfe243cb86b2a98f92e8b91 <0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67
How to fix CVE-2025-22053
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-22053. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 860f242eb5340d0b0cfe243cb86b2a98f92e8b91 <0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67 860f242eb5340d0b0cfe243cb86b2a98f92e8b91 <0a2470e3ecde64fc7e3781dc474923193621ae67. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.15%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 16, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging v2: - Created a single error handling unlock and exit in veth_pool_store - Greatly expanded commit message with previous explanatory-only text Summary: Use rtnl_mutex to synchronize veth_pool_store with itself, ibmveth_close and ibmveth_open, preventing multiple calls in a row to nap
May 11, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging v2: - Created a single error handling unlock and exit in veth_pool_store - Greatly expanded commit message with previous explanatory-only text Summary: Use rtnl_mutex to synchronize veth_pool_store with itself, ibmveth_close and ibmveth_open, preventing multiple calls in a row to nap
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-22053
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-22053
30-day exploitation probability 0.15%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11244
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging v2: - Created a single error handling unlock and exit in veth_pool_store - Greatly expanded commit message with previous explanatory-only text Summary: Use rtnl_mut
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.