# CVE-2025-21976: fbdev: hyperv_fb: Allow graceful removal of framebuffer

> A flaw in the Hyper-V framebuffer driver prevents graceful device removal, potentially causing resource leaks or warnings when unbinding active framebuffers.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-62824, AZL-69506, BELL-CVE-2025-21976, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21976, GHSA-9vff-p882-x7qp, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-21976, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-21976, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-21976, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-21976, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21976

## What is CVE-2025-21976?

CVE-2025-21976 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

fbdev: hyperv_fb: Allow graceful removal of framebuffer

When a Hyper-V framebuffer device is unbind, hyperv_fb driver tries to
release the framebuffer forcefully. If this framebuffer is in use it
produce the following WARN and hence this framebuffer is never released.

[   44.111220] WARNING: CPU: 35 PID: 1882 at drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c:70 framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40
< snip >
[   44.111289] Call Trace:
[   44.111290]  <TASK>
[   44.111291]  ? show_regs+0x6c/0x80
[   44.111295]  ? __warn+0x8d/0x150
[   44.111298]  ? framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40
[   44.111300]  ? report_bug+0x182/0x1b0
[   44.111303]  ? handle_bug+0x6e/0xb0
[   44.111306]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80
[   44.111308]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
[   44.111311]  ? framebuffer_release+0x2c/0x40
[   44.111313]  ? hvfb_remove+0x86/0xa0 [hyperv_fb]
[   44.111315]  vmbus_remove+0x24/0x40 [hv_vmbus]
[   44.111323]  device_remove+0x40/0x80
[   44.111325]  device_release_driver_internal+0x20b/0x270
[   44.111327]  ? bus_find_device+0xb3/0xf0

Fix this by moving the release of framebuffer and assosiated memory
to fb_ops.fb_destroy function, so that framebuffer framework handles
it gracefully.

While we fix this, also replace manual registrations/unregistration of
framebuffer with devm_register_framebuffer.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21976?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-21976?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-21976 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21976 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-21976 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21976/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21976
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21976
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21976

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