CVE-2025-21854

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.6.80, 6.7-6.12.17, 6.13-6.13.5 - Null Pointer Dereference in sockmap vsock

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sockmap, vsock: For connectible sockets allow only connected sockmap expects all vsocks to have a transport assigned, which is expressed in vsock_proto::psock_update_sk_prot(). However, there is an edge case where an unconnected (connectible) socket may lose its previously assigned transport. This is handled with a NULL check in the vsock/BPF recv path. Another design detail is that listening vsocks are not supposed to have any transport assigned at all. Which implies they are not supported by the sockmap. But this is complicated by the fact that a socket, before switching to TCP_LISTEN, may have had some transport assigned during a failed connect() attempt. Hence, we may end up with a listening vsock in a sockmap, which blows up quickly: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000120-0x0000000000000127] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/7:0 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc1+ Workqueue: vsock-loopback vsock_loopback_work RIP: 0010:vsock_read_skb+0x4b/0x90 Call Trace: sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0xa4/0x2e0 virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x1ca8/0x2acc vsock_loopback_work+0x27d/0x3f0 process_one_work+0x846/0x1420 worker_thread+0x5b3/0xf80 kthread+0x35a/0x700 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 For connectible sockets, instead of relying solely on the state of vsk->transport, tell sockmap to only allow those representing established connections. This aligns with the behaviour for AF_INET and AF_UNIX.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
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 (15)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.80linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.17linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.12.17 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.5 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.6.80 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 634f1a7110b439c65fd8a809171c1d2d28bcea6f - 22b683217ad2112791a708693cb236507abd637a
... and 5 more
Published Mar 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026