CVE-2025-21639

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in SCTP Sysctl Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: rto_min/max: 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 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of(). Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the only member needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the size of this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.rto_min/max' is used.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.0%
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 (24)
linux/Kernel 3.13.0 - 5.4.290linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.177linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.125linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.234linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.72linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.10linux
Linux/Linux < 3.13
Linux/Linux 3.13
Linux/Linux 4f3fdf3bc59cafd14c3bc2c2369efad34c7aa8b5 - 0f78f09466744589e420935e646ae78212a38290
Linux/Linux 4f3fdf3bc59cafd14c3bc2c2369efad34c7aa8b5 - 246428bfb9e7db15c5cd08e1d0eca41b65af2b06
... and 14 more
Published Jan 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026