CVE-2025-21835

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_midi: fix MIDI Streaming descript...

CVE-2025-21835 is fixed in 61 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21835, released March 7, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0023
13th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_midi: fix MIDI Streaming descriptor lengths While the MIDI jacks are configured correctly, and the MIDIStreaming endpoint descriptors are filled with the correct information, bNumEmbMIDIJack and bLength are set incorrectly in these descriptors. This does not matter when the numbers of in and out ports are equal, but when they differ the host will receive broken descriptors with uninitialized stack memory leaking into the descriptor for whichever value is smaller. The precise meaning of "in" and "out" in the port counts is not clearly defined and can be confusing. But elsewhere the driver consistently uses this to match the USB meaning of IN and OUT viewed from the host, so that "in" ports send data to the host and "out" ports receive data from it.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 Jun 12, 2025
kernel-coco_debug · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 Jun 12, 2025
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-source-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 Jun 12, 2025
kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-syms-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 Jun 12, 2025
kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 Apr 8, 2025
kernel-uek · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-doc · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-tools · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-tools · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 Apr 9, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.129-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21835 Mar 7, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.16-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21835 Mar 7, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.12.16-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21835 Mar 7, 2025

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