Kernel service interruption via sleeping BPF signal call
Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Improper input validation in Linux and Siemens embedded Linux products allows local users to interrupt service through a BPF program. The bpf_send_signal() kfunc can sleep, but its guard checks only whether interrupts are disabled and can therefore invoke sleeping work from another non-preemptible context. Reachability requires local privileges sufficient to load and run a BPF program that calls the helper from a non-preemptible context.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Linux and Siemens embedded Linux products allows local users to interrupt service through a BPF program. The bpf_send_signal() kfunc can sleep, but its guard checks only whether interrupts are disabled and can therefore invoke sleeping work from another non-preemptible context. Reachability requires local privileges sufficient to load and run a BPF program that calls the helper from a non-preemptible context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-21728
- Published
- Feb 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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