CVE-2025-21638
sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: 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.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: 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 Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2024-12-29 CVE Reserved
- 2025-01-19 CVE Published
- 2025-01-20 CVE Updated
- 2025-01-20 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (8)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14878ccb7fac0242db82720b784ab62c467c0dc | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5eae4a0511241959498b180fa0df0d4f1b11b9c | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88830f227a1f96e44d82ddfcb0cc81d517ec6dd8 | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3938b0336a93fa5faa242dc9e5823ac69df9e066 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.15 < 6.1.125 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.15 < 6.1.125" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.15 < 6.6.72 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.15 < 6.6.72" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.15 < 6.12.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.15 < 6.12.10" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.15 < 6.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.15 < 6.13" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.10.41 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.10.41" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.12.21 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.12.21" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.14.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.14.5" | en |
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