CVE-2025-21636
sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: avoid using current->nsproxy
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 19, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 29, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: 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, as this is the only member needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the size of this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.probe_interval' is used.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc5da6c4178f3e4b95c631418f72de9f86c0449
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ee8635922b6eb940faddb961a8347c6857d722
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/284a221f8fa503628432c7bb5108277c688c6ffa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf8c60074e81ed2ac2d35130917175a3949c917
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259d2484d0ceff42245d1f09cc8cb6ee72d847a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
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