CVE-2025-21637

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: udp_port: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns. - current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2). The 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of(). Note that table->data could also be used directly, but that would increase the size of this fix, while 'sctp.ctl_sock' still needs to be retrieved from 'net' structure.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

Configurations

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Information

Published : 2025-01-19 11:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 21:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-21637

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21637

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21637

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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