CVE-2025-21952: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: corsair-void: Update power supply values with a unified work handler corsair_void_process_receiver can be called from an interrupt context, locking battery_mutex in it was causing a kernel panic. Fix it by moving the critical section into its own work, sharing this work with battery_add_work and battery_remove_work to remove the need for any locking
CVE-2025-21952CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2025-21952: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: corsair-void: Update power supply values with a unified work handler corsair_void_process_receiver can be called from an interrupt context, locking battery_mutex in it was causing a kernel panic. Fix it by moving the critical section into its own work, sharing this work with battery_add_work and battery_remove_work to remove the need for any locking

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
5.48%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: corsair-void: Update power supply values with a unified work handler corsair_void_process_receiver can be called from an interrupt context, locking battery_mutex in it was causing a kernel panic. Fix it by moving the critical section into its own work, sharing this work with battery_add_work and battery_remove_work to remove the need for any locking

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