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CVE-2025-22072

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-22072 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's spufs (Synergistic Processor Unit File System) component, specifically concerning gang directory lifetimes. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash or instability) due to improper handling of gang directory removal and link counts. While the attack complexity is low, and no user interaction is required, the impact is limited to availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.23, < 6.1.134CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.87CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.12.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.13, < 6.13.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.14, < 6.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19529-17084Fixed in: 6.6.92.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19734-17084Fixed in: 6.6.92.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.92.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.92.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.85.1-4 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.92.2-1
grafanavendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

grafanallm-grafana-3bfe68bd8f94bc6dCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP9 Security Updates

Feb 2, 2026
redhatCVE-2025-22072

kernel: spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes

Apr 16, 2025
microsoft2025-Apr/CVE-2025-22072Moderate

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes

Apr 8, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/029d8c711f5e5fe8cf63e8a4a1a140a06e224e45
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/324f280806aab28ef757aecc18df419676c10ef8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/880e7b3da2e765c1f90c94c0539be039e96c7062
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/903733782f3ae28a2f7fe4dfb47c7fe3e079a528
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c134deabf4784e155d360744d4a6a835b9de4dd4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fc646a6c6d14b5d581f162a7e32999f789e3a3ac
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html