CVE-2025-21635

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rds: sysctl: rds_tcp_{rcv,snd}buf: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns. - current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2). The per-netns structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of(), then the 'net' one can be retrieved from the listen socket (if available).

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 4.6.0 - 6.12.10linux
Linux/Linux < 4.6
Linux/Linux 4.6
Linux/Linux 6.12.10 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux c6a58ffed53612be86b758df1cdb0b0f4305e9cb - 7f5611cbc4871c7fb1ad36c2e5a9edad63dca95c
Linux/Linux c6a58ffed53612be86b758df1cdb0b0f4305e9cb - de8d6de0ee27be4b2b1e5b06f04aeacbabbba492
linux/linux_kernel 6.13 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 4.6 - 6.12.10
Published Jan 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026