CVE-2025-21641

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: sysctl: blackhole timeout: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in the previous commit, 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 'pernet' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.8%
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 6.12.0 - 6.12.10linux
Linux/Linux < 6.12
Linux/Linux 27069e7cb3d1cea9377069266acf19b9cc5ad0ae - 4c74fbdc5ab95b13945be01e6065940b68222db7
Linux/Linux 27069e7cb3d1cea9377069266acf19b9cc5ad0ae - 92cf7a51bdae24a32c592adcdd59a773ae149289
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12.10 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
linux/linux_kernel 6.13 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.12 - 6.12.10
Published Jan 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026