CVE-2025-21637
sctp: sysctl: udp_port: avoid using current->nsproxy
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Jan 19, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 29, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| 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/0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
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