Zephyr vulnerability

System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

Published 11 Nov 2025Updated 13 Oct 20261 sources
CVSS 8.1

What happened

System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

Affected versions

Zephyr: * through before 3.7.2 (git); 4.0.0 through before 4.2.2 (git) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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