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Alpine Linux: CVE-2025-21090: Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Aug 12, 2025

Added

Aug 20, 2025

Modified

Jun 18, 2026

Description

Missing reference to active allocated resource for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-intel-ucode

References

CVE-2025-21090
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-21090
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-21090
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-24426
CWE-771
EUVD-EUVD-2025-24426

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