CVE-2025-21639
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: rto_min/max: 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.rto_min/max&#39; is 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.13 (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/0f78f09466744589e420935e646ae78212a38290
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/246428bfb9e7db15c5cd08e1d0eca41b65af2b06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4059507e34aa5fe0fa9fd5b2b5f0c8b26ab2d482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc17b76fc70763780aa78b38fcf4742384044a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87f1f6ade56c711f8736901e330685b453e420e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d179f3b1c1d60bf4484f50aa67b4c70f91bff9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9d0e3cfd16f66fbf0862857c6b391c8613ca9f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html



