CVE-2025-21669

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.5-6.12.11 - NULL Pointer Dereference in vsock/virtio

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes If the socket has been de-assigned or assigned to another transport, we must discard any packets received because they are not expected and would cause issues when we access vsk->transport. A possible scenario is described by Hyunwoo Kim in the attached link, where after a first connect() interrupted by a signal, and a second connect() failed, we can find `vsk->transport` at NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.5%
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 (21)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.177linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.127linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.234linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.74linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.11linux
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 5.10.234 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.177 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.5
Linux/Linux 6.1.127 - 6.1.*
... and 11 more
Published Jan 31, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026