CVE-2025-21980
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.16-6.1.131, 6.2-6.6.83, 6.7-6.12.19, 6.13-6.13.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference in GRED Scheduler
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched: address a potential NULL pointer dereference in the GRED scheduler. If kzalloc in gred_init returns a NULL pointer, the code follows the error handling path, invoking gred_destroy. This, in turn, calls gred_offload, where memset could receive a NULL pointer as input, potentially leading to a kernel crash. When table->opt is NULL in gred_init(), gred_change_table_def() is not called yet, so it is not necessary to call ->ndo_setup_tc() in gred_offload().
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
6.0%
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 (18)
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.132linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.13.8linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.84linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.20linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.16
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
6.1.132 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.12.20 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.13.8 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux
6.14
... and 8 more
Published
Apr 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026