VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-21641

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-01-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: sysctl: blackhole timeout: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in the previous commit, 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 'pernet' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-476

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