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CVE-2019-25045

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.19. The XFRM subsystem has a use-after-free, related to an xfrm_state_fini panic, aka CID-dbb2483b2a46.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.0.19 — fixed in 5.0.19
• NetApp Aff 8300 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Aff 8700 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Aff A400 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Aff A700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
• NetApp Fabric-Attached Storage A400 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Fas 8300 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Fas 8700 Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H610C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H610S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H615C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.0.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.19
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dbb2483b2a46fbaf833cfb5deb5ed9cace9c7399
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0003/
• https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/warning-in-xfrm_state_fini-2
• https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f99edaeec58ad40380ed5813d89e205861be2896
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.19
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dbb2483b2a46fbaf833cfb5deb5ed9cace9c7399
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0003/
• https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/warning-in-xfrm_state_fini-2
• https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f99edaeec58ad40380ed5813d89e205861be2896

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