CVE-2025-21636
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
19/01/2025
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: avoid using current->nsproxy<br />
<br />
As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the &#39;net&#39;<br />
structure via &#39;current&#39; is not recommended for different reasons:<br />
<br />
- Inconsistency: getting info from the reader&#39;s/writer&#39;s netns vs only<br />
from the opener&#39;s netns.<br />
<br />
- current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an &#39;Oops&#39;<br />
(null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by<br />
syzbot [1] using acct(2).<br />
<br />
The &#39;net&#39; structure can be obtained from the table->data using<br />
container_of().<br />
<br />
Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the only<br />
member needed from the &#39;net&#39; structure, but that would increase the size<br />
of this fix, to use &#39;*data&#39; everywhere &#39;net->sctp.probe_interval&#39; is<br />
used.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.14 (including) | 5.15.177 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.125 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.72 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc5da6c4178f3e4b95c631418f72de9f86c0449
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/284a221f8fa503628432c7bb5108277c688c6ffa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ee8635922b6eb940faddb961a8347c6857d722
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259d2484d0ceff42245d1f09cc8cb6ee72d847a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf8c60074e81ed2ac2d35130917175a3949c917
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html



