Published Mar 12, 2025Sources checked Nov 14, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2025-21859 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
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Vendor revision: Aug 12, 2026
CBL-Mariner Releases
Vendor-listed releases
6.6.82.1-1
5.15.179.1-1
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2025-21859?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: gadget: f_midi: f_midi_complete to call queue_work
When using USB MIDI, a lock is attempted to be acquired twice through a re-entrant call to f_midi_transmit, causing a deadlock.
Fix it by using queue_work() to schedule the inner f_midi_transmit() via a high priority work queue from the completion handler.