CVE-2025-21821

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-02-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA

When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 770 crashes easily with:

BUG: scheduling while atomic: irq/144-ads7846/82/0x00010000 Modules linked in: usb_f_ecm g_ether usb_f_rndis u_ether libcomposite configfs omap_udc ohci_omap ohci_hcd CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 82 Comm: irq/144-ads7846 Not tainted 6.12.7-770 #2 Hardware name: Nokia 770 Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x54/0x5c dump_stack_lvl from __schedule_bug+0x50/0x70 __schedule_bug from __schedule+0x4d4/0x5bc __schedule from schedule+0x34/0xa0 schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0xc/0x10 schedule_preempt_disabled from __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x218/0x3b4 __mutex_lock.constprop.0 from clk_prepare_lock+0x38/0xe4 clk_prepare_lock from clk_set_rate+0x18/0x154 clk_set_rate from sossi_read_data+0x4c/0x168 sossi_read_data from hwa742_read_reg+0x5c/0x8c hwa742_read_reg from send_frame_handler+0xfc/0x300 send_frame_handler from process_pending_requests+0x74/0xd0 process_pending_requests from lcd_dma_irq_handler+0x50/0x74 lcd_dma_irq_handler from __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x44/0x130 __handle_irq_event_percpu from handle_irq_event+0x28/0x68 handle_irq_event from handle_level_irq+0x9c/0x170 handle_level_irq from generic_handle_domain_irq+0x2c/0x3c generic_handle_domain_irq from omap1_handle_irq+0x40/0x8c omap1_handle_irq from generic_handle_arch_irq+0x28/0x3c generic_handle_arch_irq from call_with_stack+0x1c/0x24 call_with_stack from __irq_svc+0x94/0xa8 Exception stack(0xc5255da0 to 0xc5255de8) 5da0: 00000001 c22fc620 00000000 00000000 c08384a8 c106fc00 00000000 c240c248 5dc0: c113a600 c3f6ec30 00000001 00000000 c22fc620 c5255df0 c22fc620 c0279a94 5de0: 60000013 ffffffff __irq_svc from clk_prepare_lock+0x4c/0xe4 clk_prepare_lock from clk_get_rate+0x10/0x74 clk_get_rate from uwire_setup_transfer+0x40/0x180 uwire_setup_transfer from spi_bitbang_transfer_one+0x2c/0x9c spi_bitbang_transfer_one from spi_transfer_one_message+0x2d0/0x664 spi_transfer_one_message from __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x29c/0x498 __spi_pump_transfer_message from __spi_sync+0x1f8/0x2e8 __spi_sync from spi_sync+0x24/0x40 spi_sync from ads7846_halfd_read_state+0x5c/0x1c0 ads7846_halfd_read_state from ads7846_irq+0x58/0x348 ads7846_irq from irq_thread_fn+0x1c/0x78 irq_thread_fn from irq_thread+0x120/0x228 irq_thread from kthread+0xc8/0xe8 kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28

As a quick fix, switch to a threaded IRQ which provides a stable system.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 27, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21821(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(10)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21821?
CVE-2025-21821 is a medium vulnerability published on February 27, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA When using touchscreen and framebuffer, Nokia 770 crashes easily with: BUG: scheduling while atomic: irq/144-ads7846/82/0x00010000 Modules linked in: usbfecm gether usbfrndis uether…
When was CVE-2025-21821 disclosed?
CVE-2025-21821 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 27, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-21821 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-21821 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 91.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21821?
CVE-2025-21821 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-21821?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21821, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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