CVE-2025-21714
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Use-after-free vulnerability in RDMA/mlx5 implicit ODP (On-Demand Paging) handling.
- Who is affected
- Systems using Mellanox ConnectX RDMA devices with implicit ODP enabled.
- Urgency
- High severity (CVSS 7.8); use-after-free can lead to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Action
- Update kernel with RDMA/mlx5 fix that properly manages ODP memory lifecycle.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- highCVE-2025-21714: RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after freemsrc · 2026-08-06
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