CVE-2025-21669
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.5-6.12.11 - NULL Pointer Dereference in vsock/virtio
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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