Home

Description

The Linux Kernel lockdown mode for kernel versions starting on 6.12 and above for Fedora Linux has the lockdown mode disabled without any warning. This may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information such kernel memory mappings, I/O ports, BPF and kprobes. Additionally unsigned modules can be loaded, leading to execution of untrusted code breaking breaking any Secure Boot protection. This vulnerability affects only Fedora Linux.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-02-13 | Published 2026-02-18 | Updated 2026-02-18 | Assigner fedora




HIGH: 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Product status

Default status
unaffected

6.12.4-100.fc40 (rpm) before 6.12.15-100.fc40
affected

6.12.1-200.fc41 (rpm) before 6.12.15-200.fc41
affected

Default status
affected

0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 (rpm) before *
unaffected

Default status
affected

0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 (rpm) before *
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
affected

Default status
unaffected

Timeline

2025-02-13:Reported to Red Hat.
2025-02-13:Made public.

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Nicolas Bouchinet (ANSSI – French Cybersecurity Agency) for reporting this issue.

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966 (RHSA-2025:6966) vendor-advisory

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1272 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345615 (RHBZ#2345615) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2025-1272)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-1272)

Download JSON